#9E6C17#9E6C17

#9E6C17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.113 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6C17
RGB	rgb(158, 108, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(38, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 12.88, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 52.53, 75.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.0302 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.113 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6193, 18.0578, 3.2627)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6C17 #17499E

analogous

#9E2917 #9E6C17 #8C9E17

triadic

#9E6C17 #179E6C #6C179E

tetradic

#9E6C17 #179E29 #17499E #9E178C

square

#9E6C17 #179E29 #17499E #9E178C

split-complementary

#9E6C17 #178C9E #29179E

monochromatic

#332307 #69470F #9E6C17 #D3911F #E5AC4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#9E6C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#9E6C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E6C17

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E6C17	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 108, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.113 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0965d',
    500: '#9e6c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6c17;
$custom-light: #c0965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56994,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6C17

secondary

#4A78C6

accent

#7CF137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6C17

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

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