#9E742E#9E742E

#9E742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.101 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E742E
RGB	rgb(158, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 9.30, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 44.66, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.0226 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.101 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8404, 19.9587, 5.3390)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E742E #2E589E

analogous

#9E3C2E #9E742E #909E2E

triadic

#9E742E #2E9E74 #742E9E

tetradic

#9E742E #2E9E3C #2E589E #9E2E90

square

#9E742E #2E9E3C #2E589E #9E2E90

split-complementary

#9E742E #2E909E #3C2E9E

monochromatic

#3F2E12 #6F5120 #9E742E #C89541 #D6B071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#9E742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#9E742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E742E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E742E	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.101 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9b6a',
    500: '#9e742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e742e;
$custom-light: #bf9b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58783,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E742E

secondary

#6B8ABD

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E742E

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