#9E7916#9E7916

#9E7916 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.116 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7916
RGB	rgb(158, 121, 22)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(44, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 5.46, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 54.36, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0087 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.116 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0842, 21.0033, 3.7025)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7916 #163B9E

analogous

#9E3516 #9E7916 #7F9E16

triadic

#9E7916 #169E79 #79169E

tetradic

#9E7916 #169E35 #163B9E #9E167F

square

#9E7916 #169E35 #163B9E #9E167F

split-complementary

#9E7916 #167F9E #35169E

monochromatic

#332707 #68500F #9E7916 #D4A21D #E6BB49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#9E7916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#9E7916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7916

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7916	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92821C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 121, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.116 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9f5f',
    500: '#9e7916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7916;
$custom-light: #bf9f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59645,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7916

secondary

#496BC7

accent

#69F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7916

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

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