#9E7231#9E7231

#9E7231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7231
RGB	rgb(158, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 10.62, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 43.05, 75.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0269 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.098 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6736, 19.5271, 5.5854)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7231 #315D9E

analogous

#9E3B31 #9E7231 #939E31

triadic

#9E7231 #319E72 #72319E

tetradic

#9E7231 #319E3B #315D9E #9E3193

square

#9E7231 #319E3B #315D9E #9E3193

split-complementary

#9E7231 #31939E #3B319E

monochromatic

#412F14 #6F5023 #9E7231 #C69246 #D4AE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9E7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9E7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7231

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7231	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9a6c',
    500: '#9e7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7231;
$custom-light: #be9a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58407,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7231

secondary

#6E8EBC

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7231

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

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