#9E701C#9E701C

#9E701C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.111 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E701C
RGB	rgb(158, 112, 28)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 10.76, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 51.25, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0245 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.111 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1058, 18.9430, 3.6958)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E701C #1C4A9E

analogous

#9E2F1C #9E701C #8B9E1C

triadic

#9E701C #1C9E70 #701C9E

tetradic

#9E701C #1C9E2F #1C4A9E #9E1C8B

square

#9E701C #1C9E2F #1C4A9E #9E1C8B

split-complementary

#9E701C #1C8B9E #2F1C9E

monochromatic

#36260A #6A4B13 #9E701C #D29525 #E1AF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9E701C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#9E701C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E701C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E701C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E701C	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)

#81720A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e701c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 112, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.111 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09860',
    500: '#9e701c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e701c;
$custom-light: #c09860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e701c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57826,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E701C

secondary

#527AC4

accent

#7AED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E701C

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

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