#9E6516#9E6516

#9E6516 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.114 H 68.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6516
RGB	rgb(158, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 16.85, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 52.54, 71.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.0416 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.114 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9006, 16.6362, 2.9746)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6516 #164F9E

analogous

#9E2116 #9E6516 #939E16

triadic

#9E6516 #169E65 #65169E

tetradic

#9E6516 #169E21 #164F9E #9E1693

square

#9E6516 #169E21 #164F9E #9E1693

split-complementary

#9E6516 #16939E #21169E

monochromatic

#332007 #68430F #9E6516 #D4871D #E6A449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9E6516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9E6516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6516

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6516	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.114 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0915c',
    500: '#9e6516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6516;
$custom-light: #c0915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55617,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6516

secondary

#497EC7

accent

#85F236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6516

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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