#9E781E#9E781E

#9E781E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.112 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E781E
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 6.29, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 51.66, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0118 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.112 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0528, 20.7973, 4.1335)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E781E #1E449E

analogous

#9E381E #9E781E #849E1E

triadic

#9E781E #1E9E78 #781E9E

tetradic

#9E781E #1E9E38 #1E449E #9E1E84

square

#9E781E #1E9E38 #1E449E #9E1E84

split-complementary

#9E781E #1E849E #381E9E

monochromatic

#372A0A #6B5114 #9E781E #D19F28 #DFB757

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9E781E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9E781E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E781E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E781E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E781E	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)

#88780B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e781e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.112 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9e62',
    500: '#9e781e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e781e;
$custom-light: #bf9e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e781e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5948,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E781E

secondary

#5576C3

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E781E

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

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