#9E7515#9E7515

#9E7515 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.115 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7515
RGB	rgb(158, 117, 21)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 7.70, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 54.05, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.015 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.115 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5987, 20.0474, 3.4940)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7515 #153E9E

analogous

#9E3115 #9E7515 #829E15

triadic

#9E7515 #159E75 #75159E

tetradic

#9E7515 #159E31 #153E9E #9E1582

square

#9E7515 #159E31 #153E9E #9E1582

split-complementary

#9E7515 #15829E #31159E

monochromatic

#322507 #684D0E #9E7515 #D49D1C #E7B747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#9E7515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#9E7515 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7515

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7515	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 117, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.115 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09c5e',
    500: '#9e7515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7515;
$custom-light: #c09c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5881,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7515

secondary

#476EC7

accent

#6EF335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7515

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

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