#9E6E1B#9E6E1B

#9E6E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.111 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6E1B
RGB	rgb(158, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 11.87, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 51.39, 76.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.0276 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.111 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8758, 18.5018, 3.5611)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6E1B #1B4B9E

analogous

#9E2C1B #9E6E1B #8D9E1B

triadic

#9E6E1B #1B9E6E #6E1B9E

tetradic

#9E6E1B #1B9E2C #1B4B9E #9E1B8D

square

#9E6E1B #1B9E2C #1B4B9E #9E1B8D

split-complementary

#9E6E1B #1B8D9E #2C1B9E

monochromatic

#352509 #6A4A12 #9E6E1B #D29224 #E1AD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#9E6E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#9E6E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E6E1B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E6E1B	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.111 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0975f',
    500: '#9e6e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6e1b;
$custom-light: #c0975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6E1B

secondary

#517BC4

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6E1B

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

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