#9E6617#9E6617

#9E6617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.113 H 69.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6617
RGB	rgb(158, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 16.31, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 52.25, 71.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.0401 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.113 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0081, 16.8355, 3.0590)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6617 #174F9E

analogous

#9E2217 #9E6617 #929E17

triadic

#9E6617 #179E66 #66179E

tetradic

#9E6617 #179E22 #174F9E #9E1792

square

#9E6617 #179E22 #174F9E #9E1792

split-complementary

#9E6617 #17929E #22179E

monochromatic

#332107 #69440F #9E6617 #D3881F #E5A54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#9E6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9E6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6617

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6617	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796A04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.113 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0915c',
    500: '#9e6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6617;
$custom-light: #c0915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55815,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6617

secondary

#4A7EC6

accent

#84F137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6617

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

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