#9E781A#9E781A

#9E781A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.114 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E781A
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 26)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 6.15, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 52.99, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.011 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.114 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0049, 20.7782, 3.8814)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E781A #1A409E

analogous

#9E361A #9E781A #829E1A

triadic

#9E781A #1A9E78 #781A9E

tetradic

#9E781A #1A9E36 #1A409E #9E1A82

square

#9E781A #1A9E36 #1A409E #9E1A82

split-complementary

#9E781A #1A829E #361A9E

monochromatic

#352809 #695011 #9E781A #D3A023 #E2B850

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9E781A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9E781A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E781A

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E781A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E781A	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91821F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e781a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.114 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9e60',
    500: '#9e781a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e781a;
$custom-light: #bf9e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e781a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59456,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E781A

secondary

#4F71C5

accent

#6DEE39

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E781A

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

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