#9E6917#9E6917

#9E6917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.113 H 71.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6917
RGB	rgb(158, 105, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 14.60, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 52.35, 73.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0351 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.113 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3083, 17.4359, 3.1590)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6917 #174C9E

analogous

#9E2517 #9E6917 #909E17

triadic

#9E6917 #179E69 #69179E

tetradic

#9E6917 #179E25 #174C9E #9E1790

square

#9E6917 #179E25 #174C9E #9E1790

split-complementary

#9E6917 #17909E #25179E

monochromatic

#332207 #69450F #9E6917 #D38D1F #E5A84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#9E6917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#9E6917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6917

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6917	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)

#7B6C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 105, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.113 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0935d',
    500: '#9e6917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6917;
$custom-light: #c0935d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56401,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6917

secondary

#4A7BC6

accent

#80F137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D04

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6917

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

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