#9E731A#9E731A

#9E731A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.112 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E731A
RGB	rgb(158, 115, 26)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 8.99, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 52.27, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.0192 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.112 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4192, 19.6068, 3.6861)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E731A #1A459E

analogous

#9E311A #9E731A #879E1A

triadic

#9E731A #1A9E73 #731A9E

tetradic

#9E731A #1A9E31 #1A459E #9E1A87

square

#9E731A #1A9E31 #1A459E #9E1A87

split-complementary

#9E731A #1A879E #311A9E

monochromatic

#352609 #694D11 #9E731A #D39923 #E2B350

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9E731A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9E731A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E731A

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E731A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E731A	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e731a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 115, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.112 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09b5f',
    500: '#9e731a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e731a;
$custom-light: #c09b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e731a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58424,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E731A

secondary

#4F75C5

accent

#74EE39

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E731A

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