#9E7216#9E7216

#9E7216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.114 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7216
RGB	rgb(158, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(41, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 9.43, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 53.39, 79.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0201 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.114 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2642, 19.3633, 3.4291)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7216 #16429E

analogous

#9E2E16 #9E7216 #869E16

triadic

#9E7216 #169E72 #72169E

tetradic

#9E7216 #169E2E #16429E #9E1686

square

#9E7216 #169E2E #16429E #9E1686

split-complementary

#9E7216 #16869E #2E169E

monochromatic

#332407 #684B0F #9E7216 #D4991D #E6B349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9E7216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#9E7216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7216

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7216	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)

#8E7E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.114 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09a5e',
    500: '#9e7216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7216;
$custom-light: #c09a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58199,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7216

secondary

#4972C7

accent

#73F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7216

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

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