#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
RGB	rgb(158, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 10.73, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 51.59, 78.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0243 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.111 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0940, 18.9383, 3.6339)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9E701B	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)

#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

Preview with #9E701B

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

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