#9E7218#9E7218

#9E7218 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.113 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7218
RGB	rgb(158, 114, 24)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 9.49, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 52.78, 79.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0205 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.113 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2842, 19.3713, 3.5347)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7218 #18449E

analogous

#9E2F18 #9E7218 #879E18

triadic

#9E7218 #189E72 #72189E

tetradic

#9E7218 #189E2F #18449E #9E1887

square

#9E7218 #189E2F #18449E #9E1887

split-complementary

#9E7218 #18879E #2F189E

monochromatic

#342508 #694C10 #9E7218 #D39820 #E4B24D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9E7218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#9E7218 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7218

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7218	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)

#837301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 114, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.113 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09a5e',
    500: '#9e7218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7218;
$custom-light: #c09a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58209,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7218

secondary

#4C74C6

accent

#74F038

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7218

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

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