#9E7517#9E7517

#9E7517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.114 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7517
RGB	rgb(158, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 7.76, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 53.47, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0154 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.114 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6179, 20.0552, 3.5956)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7517 #17409E

analogous

#9E3217 #9E7517 #839E17

triadic

#9E7517 #179E75 #75179E

tetradic

#9E7517 #179E32 #17409E #9E1783

square

#9E7517 #179E32 #17409E #9E1783

split-complementary

#9E7517 #17839E #32179E

monochromatic

#332607 #694D0F #9E7517 #D39D1F #E5B64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#9E7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#9E7517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7517

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7517	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)

#8F801C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.114 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09c5e',
    500: '#9e7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7517;
$custom-light: #c09c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58819,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7517

secondary

#4A70C6

accent

#6FF137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7517

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

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