#9E781C#9E781C

#9E781C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.113 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E781C
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 6.22, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 52.34, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.0114 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.113 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0280, 20.7874, 4.0032)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E781C #1C429E

analogous

#9E371C #9E781C #839E1C

triadic

#9E781C #1C9E78 #781C9E

tetradic

#9E781C #1C9E37 #1C429E #9E1C83

square

#9E781C #1C9E37 #1C429E #9E1C83

split-complementary

#9E781C #1C839E #371C9E

monochromatic

#36290A #6A5113 #9E781C #D29F25 #E1B754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9E781C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9E781C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E781C

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E781C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E781C	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)

#887806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e781c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.113 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9e61',
    500: '#9e781c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e781c;
$custom-light: #bf9e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e781c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59468,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E781C

secondary

#5273C4

accent

#6FED3B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E781C

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

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