#9E781D#9E781D

#9E781D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.112 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E781D
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 29)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 6.25, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 52.01, 83.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.0116 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.112 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0402, 20.7923, 4.0673)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E781D #1D439E

analogous

#9E381D #9E781D #849E1D

triadic

#9E781D #1D9E78 #781D9E

tetradic

#9E781D #1D9E38 #1D439E #9E1D84

square

#9E781D #1D9E38 #1D439E #9E1D84

split-complementary

#9E781D #1D849E #381D9E

monochromatic

#37290A #6A5114 #9E781D #D29F26 #E0B756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9E781D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9E781D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E781D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E781D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E781D	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)

#887808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e781d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.112 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9e61',
    500: '#9e781d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e781d;
$custom-light: #bf9e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e781d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59474,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E781D

secondary

#5474C3

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E781D

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

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