#9E771B#9E771B

#9E771B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.113 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E771B
RGB	rgb(158, 119, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 6.75, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 52.51, 82.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0129 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.113 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8966, 20.5435, 3.9014)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E771B #1B429E

analogous

#9E351B #9E771B #849E1B

triadic

#9E771B #1B9E77 #771B9E

tetradic

#9E771B #1B9E35 #1B429E #9E1B84

square

#9E771B #1B9E35 #1B429E #9E1B84

split-complementary

#9E771B #1B849E #351B9E

monochromatic

#352809 #6A5012 #9E771B #D29E24 #E1B752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#9E771B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#9E771B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E771B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E771B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E771B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e771b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 119, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.113 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9d60',
    500: '#9e771b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e771b;
$custom-light: #bf9d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e771b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59254,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E771B

secondary

#5173C4

accent

#70EE3A

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E771B

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

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