#9E681B#9E681B

#9E681B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.111 H 70.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E681B
RGB	rgb(158, 104, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(35, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 15.29, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 51.00, 72.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0376 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.111 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2502, 17.2507, 3.3526)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E681B #1B519E

analogous

#9E261B #9E681B #939E1B

triadic

#9E681B #1B9E68 #681B9E

tetradic

#9E681B #1B9E26 #1B519E #9E1B93

square

#9E681B #1B9E26 #1B519E #9E1B93

split-complementary

#9E681B #1B939E #261B9E

monochromatic

#352309 #6A4612 #9E681B #D28A24 #E1A652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#9E681B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#9E681B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E681B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E681B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E681B	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)

#7A6C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e681b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 104, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.111 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0935f',
    500: '#9e681b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e681b;
$custom-light: #c0935f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e681b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56228,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E681B

secondary

#5180C4

accent

#84EE3A

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E681B

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

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