#9E7617#9E7617

#9E7617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.114 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7617
RGB	rgb(158, 118, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 7.19, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 53.61, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.0137 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.114 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7351, 20.2894, 3.6346)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7617 #173F9E

analogous

#9E3217 #9E7617 #829E17

triadic

#9E7617 #179E76 #76179E

tetradic

#9E7617 #179E32 #173F9E #9E1782

square

#9E7617 #179E32 #173F9E #9E1782

split-complementary

#9E7617 #17829E #32179E

monochromatic

#332607 #694E0F #9E7617 #D39E1F #E5B74B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9E7617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9E7617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7617

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7617	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90811D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 118, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.114 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09d5f',
    500: '#9e7617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7617;
$custom-light: #c09d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59026,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7617

secondary

#4A6FC6

accent

#6EF137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7617

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

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