#9E7215#9E7215

#9E7215 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.114 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7215
RGB	rgb(158, 114, 21)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(41, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 9.41, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 53.68, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0199 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.114 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2547, 19.3595, 3.3793)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7215 #15419E

analogous

#9E2E15 #9E7215 #859E15

triadic

#9E7215 #159E72 #72159E

tetradic

#9E7215 #159E2E #15419E #9E1585

square

#9E7215 #159E2E #15419E #9E1585

split-complementary

#9E7215 #15859E #2E159E

monochromatic

#322407 #684B0E #9E7215 #D4991C #E7B347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9E7215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#9E7215 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7215

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7215	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 114, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.114 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09a5d',
    500: '#9e7215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7215;
$custom-light: #c09a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58194,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7215

secondary

#4770C7

accent

#72F335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7215

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

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