#9E6838#9E6838

#9E6838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.094 H 60.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6838
RGB	rgb(158, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 64.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 16.79, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 39.16, 64.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.0462 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.094 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7660, 17.4570, 6.0691)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6838 #386E9E

analogous

#9E383B #9E6838 #9E9B38

triadic

#9E6838 #389E68 #68389E

tetradic

#9E6838 #3B9E38 #386E9E #9B389E

square

#9E6838 #3B9E38 #386E9E #9B389E

split-complementary

#9E6838 #389E9B #383B9E

monochromatic

#442D18 #714A28 #9E6838 #C28652 #D2A67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#9E6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#9E6838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6838

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6838	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.094 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9370',
    500: '#9e6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6838;
$custom-light: #be9370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5651,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6838

secondary

#779BBB

accent

#98D751

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6838

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

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