#9E701B#9E701B

#9E701B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.111 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9E701B
RGBrgb(158, 112, 27)
HSLhsl(39, 71%, 36%)
HSVhsv(39, 83%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(50.61, 10.73, 50.46)
CIE-LCHlch(50.61, 51.59, 78.00°)
OKLaboklab(57.82% 0.0243 0.1086)
OKLCHoklch(57.82% 0.111 77.4)
XYZxyz(20.0940, 18.9383, 3.6339)
Luminance0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9E701B #1B499E
analogous
#9E2E1B #9E701B #8B9E1B
triadic
#9E701B #1B9E70 #701B9E
tetradic
#9E701B #1B9E2E #1B499E #9E1B8B
square
#9E701B #1B9E2E #1B499E #9E1B8B
split-complementary
#9E701B #1B8B9E #2E1B9E
monochromatic
#352609 #6A4B12 #9E701B #D29524 #E1AF52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39
#9E701B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79
#9E701B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E701B
4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9E701B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9E701B1.004.394.794.79
#FFFFFF4.391.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7921.001.001.00
##0000004.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#817208
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C7D1F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC6360
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9e701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.111 77.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09860',
    500: '#9e701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9e701b;
$custom-light: #c09860;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9e701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.931,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5782,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9E701B
secondary
#5179C4
accent
#79EE3A
background
#FCF9F5
surface
#F8F2EA
border
#D1CCC6
text
#130D05
muted
#827E79

Preview Lab

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#9E701B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva