#9E701A#9E701A

#9E701A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.112 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E701A
RGB	rgb(158, 112, 26)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 10.69, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 51.92, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.0241 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.112 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0827, 18.9337, 3.5740)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E701A #1A489E

analogous

#9E2E1A #9E701A #8A9E1A

triadic

#9E701A #1A9E70 #701A9E

tetradic

#9E701A #1A9E2E #1A489E #9E1A8A

square

#9E701A #1A9E2E #1A489E #9E1A8A

split-complementary

#9E701A #1A8A9E #2E1A9E

monochromatic

#352509 #694B11 #9E701A #D39523 #E2AF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9E701A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#9E701A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E701A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E701A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E701A	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e701a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 112, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.112 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0985f',
    500: '#9e701a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e701a;
$custom-light: #c0985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e701a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57814,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E701A

secondary

#4F78C5

accent

#78EE39

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E701A

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

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