#9E781B#9E781B

#9E781B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.113 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E781B
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 6.18, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 52.67, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0112 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.113 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0163, 20.7827, 3.9413)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E781B #1B419E

analogous

#9E361B #9E781B #839E1B

triadic

#9E781B #1B9E78 #781B9E

tetradic

#9E781B #1B9E36 #1B419E #9E1B83

square

#9E781B #1B9E36 #1B419E #9E1B83

split-complementary

#9E781B #1B839E #361B9E

monochromatic

#352909 #6A5012 #9E781B #D2A024 #E1B852

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9E781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9E781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E781B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E781B	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)

#887804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.113 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9e61',
    500: '#9e781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e781b;
$custom-light: #bf9e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59462,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E781B

secondary

#5172C4

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E781B

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

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