#9E6517#9E6517

#9E6517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.113 H 68.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6517
RGB	rgb(158, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 16.88, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 52.23, 71.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.0418 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.113 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9104, 16.6402, 3.0264)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6517 #17509E

analogous

#9E2217 #9E6517 #939E17

triadic

#9E6517 #179E65 #65179E

tetradic

#9E6517 #179E22 #17509E #9E1793

square

#9E6517 #179E22 #17509E #9E1793

split-complementary

#9E6517 #17939E #22179E

monochromatic

#332107 #69430F #9E6517 #D3871F #E5A44B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9E6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9E6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6517

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6517	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)

#786905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.113 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0915c',
    500: '#9e6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6517;
$custom-light: #c0915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55622,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6517

secondary

#4A7FC6

accent

#85F137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6517

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

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