#9E6D17#9E6D17

#9E6D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.113 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6D17
RGB	rgb(158, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(38, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 12.31, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 52.60, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.0285 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.113 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7254, 18.2700, 3.2980)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6D17 #17489E

analogous

#9E2917 #9E6D17 #8B9E17

triadic

#9E6D17 #179E6D #6D179E

tetradic

#9E6D17 #179E29 #17489E #9E178B

square

#9E6D17 #179E29 #17489E #9E178B

split-complementary

#9E6D17 #178B9E #29179E

monochromatic

#332307 #69480F #9E6D17 #D3921F #E5AD4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9E6D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#9E6D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E6D17

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E6D17	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F6F01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.113 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0965d',
    500: '#9e6d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6d17;
$custom-light: #c0965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57194,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6D17

secondary

#4A77C6

accent

#7AF137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6D17

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

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