#9E6717#9E6717

#9E6717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.113 H 70.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6717
RGB	rgb(158, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 15.74, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 52.27, 72.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0385 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.113 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1070, 17.0333, 3.0919)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6717 #174E9E

analogous

#9E2417 #9E6717 #919E17

triadic

#9E6717 #179E67 #67179E

tetradic

#9E6717 #179E24 #174E9E #9E1791

square

#9E6717 #179E24 #174E9E #9E1791

split-complementary

#9E6717 #17919E #24179E

monochromatic

#332107 #69440F #9E6717 #D38A1F #E5A64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#9E6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#9E6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6717

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6717	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.113 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0925d',
    500: '#9e6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6717;
$custom-light: #c0925d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5601,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6717

secondary

#4A7DC6

accent

#83F137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6717

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

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