#9E7221#9E7221

#9E7221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.109 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7221
RGB	rgb(158, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 9.81, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 49.69, 78.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0224 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.109 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3938, 19.4152, 4.1120)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7221 #214D9E

analogous

#9E3421 #9E7221 #8C9E21

triadic

#9E7221 #219E72 #72219E

tetradic

#9E7221 #219E34 #214D9E #9E218C

square

#9E7221 #219E34 #214D9E #9E218C

split-complementary

#9E7221 #218C9E #34219E

monochromatic

#39290C #6B4D16 #9E7221 #D1972C #DDB05C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#9E7221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9E7221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7221

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7221	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.109 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9a63',
    500: '#9e7221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7221;
$custom-light: #bf9a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58265,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7221

secondary

#597EC1

accent

#7BE83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7221

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

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