#9E6818#9E6818

#9E6818 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.112 H 70.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6818
RGB	rgb(158, 104, 24)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 15.20, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 51.99, 73.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.037 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.112 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2173, 17.2375, 3.1791)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6818 #184E9E

analogous

#9E2518 #9E6818 #919E18

triadic

#9E6818 #189E68 #68189E

tetradic

#9E6818 #189E25 #184E9E #9E1891

square

#9E6818 #189E25 #184E9E #9E1891

split-complementary

#9E6818 #18919E #25189E

monochromatic

#342208 #694510 #9E6818 #D38B20 #E4A74D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#9E6818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#9E6818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6818

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6818	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)

#7A6C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 104, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.112 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0935d',
    500: '#9e6818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6818;
$custom-light: #c0935d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5621,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6818

secondary

#4C7DC6

accent

#82F038

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6818

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

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