#9E7822#9E7822

#9E7822 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.110 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7822
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 6.44, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 50.22, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0127 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.11 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1071, 20.8191, 4.4199)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7822 #22489E

analogous

#9E3A22 #9E7822 #869E22

triadic

#9E7822 #229E78 #78229E

tetradic

#9E7822 #229E3A #22489E #9E2286

square

#9E7822 #229E3A #22489E #9E2286

split-complementary

#9E7822 #22869E #3A229E

monochromatic

#392B0C #6C5217 #9E7822 #D09E2D #DCB65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9E7822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9E7822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7822

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7822	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)

#887813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.110 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9e64',
    500: '#9e7822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7822;
$custom-light: #bf9e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7822

secondary

#5B7AC1

accent

#74E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7822

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

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