#9E6D1B#9E6D1B

#9E6D1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.111 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6D1B
RGB	rgb(158, 109, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 12.44, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 51.31, 75.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.0293 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.111 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7685, 18.2872, 3.5254)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6D1B #1B4C9E

analogous

#9E2B1B #9E6D1B #8E9E1B

triadic

#9E6D1B #1B9E6D #6D1B9E

tetradic

#9E6D1B #1B9E2B #1B4C9E #9E1B8E

square

#9E6D1B #1B9E2B #1B4C9E #9E1B8E

split-complementary

#9E6D1B #1B8E9E #2B1B9E

monochromatic

#352509 #6A4912 #9E6D1B #D29124 #E1AC52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9E6D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#9E6D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E6D1B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E6D1B	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F6F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 109, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.111 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0965f',
    500: '#9e6d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6d1b;
$custom-light: #c0965f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57217,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6D1B

secondary

#517CC4

accent

#7DEE3A

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6D1B

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

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