#9E731B#9E731B

#9E731B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.112 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E731B
RGB	rgb(158, 115, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 9.02, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 51.94, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.0194 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.112 80)
XYZ	xyz(20.4306, 19.6113, 3.7460)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E731B #1B469E

analogous

#9E311B #9E731B #889E1B

triadic

#9E731B #1B9E73 #731B9E

tetradic

#9E731B #1B9E31 #1B469E #9E1B88

square

#9E731B #1B9E31 #1B469E #9E1B88

split-complementary

#9E731B #1B889E #311B9E

monochromatic

#352709 #6A4D12 #9E731B #D29924 #E1B252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9E731B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9E731B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E731B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E731B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E731B	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)

#847406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e731b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 115, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.112 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09b60',
    500: '#9e731b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e731b;
$custom-light: #c09b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e731b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5843,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.1961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E731B

secondary

#5177C4

accent

#75EE3A

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E731B

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