#9E661B#9E661B

#9E661B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.111 H 68.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E661B
RGB	rgb(158, 102, 27)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 16.44, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 50.93, 71.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0409 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.111 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0513, 16.8528, 3.2863)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E661B #1B539E

analogous

#9E251B #9E661B #959E1B

triadic

#9E661B #1B9E66 #661B9E

tetradic

#9E661B #1B9E25 #1B539E #9E1B95

square

#9E661B #1B9E25 #1B539E #9E1B95

split-complementary

#9E661B #1B959E #251B9E

monochromatic

#352309 #6A4412 #9E661B #D28824 #E1A452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#9E661B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9E661B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E661B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E661B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E661B	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)

#796A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86771D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e661b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 102, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.111 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0915e',
    500: '#9e661b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e661b;
$custom-light: #c0915e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e661b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55839,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E661B

secondary

#5182C4

accent

#87EE3A

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E661B

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

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