#9E7717#9E7717

#9E7717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7717
RGB	rgb(158, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 6.62, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 53.76, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0121 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.115 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8535, 20.5262, 3.6741)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7717 #173E9E

analogous

#9E3417 #9E7717 #819E17

triadic

#9E7717 #179E77 #77179E

tetradic

#9E7717 #179E34 #173E9E #9E1781

square

#9E7717 #179E34 #173E9E #9E1781

split-complementary

#9E7717 #17819E #34179E

monochromatic

#332707 #694F0F #9E7717 #D39F1F #E5B84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#9E7717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9E7717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7717

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7717	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91811D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09d5f',
    500: '#9e7717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7717;
$custom-light: #c09d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59233,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7717

secondary

#4A6EC6

accent

#6CF137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7717

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

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