#9E6817#9E6817

#9E6817 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.113 H 71.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6817
RGB	rgb(158, 104, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 15.17, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 52.31, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0368 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.113 71)
XYZ	xyz(19.2071, 17.2334, 3.1253)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6817 #174D9E

analogous

#9E2417 #9E6817 #909E17

triadic

#9E6817 #179E68 #68179E

tetradic

#9E6817 #179E24 #174D9E #9E1790

square

#9E6817 #179E24 #174D9E #9E1790

split-complementary

#9E6817 #17909E #24179E

monochromatic

#332207 #69450F #9E6817 #D38B1F #E5A74B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#9E6817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#9E6817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6817

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6817	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 104, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.113 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0935d',
    500: '#9e6817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6817;
$custom-light: #c0935d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56205,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.17232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6817

secondary

#4A7CC6

accent

#81F137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D04

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6817

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

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