#9E6519#9E6519

#9E6519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.112 H 68.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6519
RGB	rgb(158, 101, 25)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(34, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 16.94, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 51.58, 70.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.0422 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.112 68)
XYZ	xyz(18.9313, 16.6485, 3.1360)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6519 #19529E

analogous

#9E2219 #9E6519 #949E19

triadic

#9E6519 #199E65 #65199E

tetradic

#9E6519 #199E22 #19529E #9E1994

square

#9E6519 #199E22 #19529E #9E1994

split-complementary

#9E6519 #19949E #22199E

monochromatic

#342108 #694311 #9E6519 #D38721 #E3A34E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9E6519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9E6519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6519

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6519	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)

#786909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 101, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.112 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0915d',
    500: '#9e6519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6519;
$custom-light: #c0915d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55634,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.16647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6519

secondary

#4E81C5

accent

#87EF38

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6519

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

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