#9E791B#9E791B

#9E791B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.114 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E791B
RGB	rgb(158, 121, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 5.62, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 52.84, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0096 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.114 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1372, 21.0245, 3.9816)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E791B #1B409E

analogous

#9E371B #9E791B #829E1B

triadic

#9E791B #1B9E79 #791B9E

tetradic

#9E791B #1B9E37 #1B409E #9E1B82

square

#9E791B #1B9E37 #1B409E #9E1B82

split-complementary

#9E791B #1B829E #371B9E

monochromatic

#352909 #6A5112 #9E791B #D2A124 #E1B952

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#9E791B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#9E791B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E791B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E791B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E791B	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	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)

#897903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e791b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 121, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.114 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9f61',
    500: '#9e791b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e791b;
$custom-light: #bf9f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e791b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5967,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E791B

secondary

#5171C4

accent

#6DEE3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E791B

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

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