#9E7A16#9E7A16

#9E7A16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.116 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7A16
RGB	rgb(158, 122, 22)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(44, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 4.90, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 54.53, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0071 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.116 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2063, 21.2476, 3.7432)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7A16 #163A9E

analogous

#9E3616 #9E7A16 #7E9E16

triadic

#9E7A16 #169E7A #7A169E

tetradic

#9E7A16 #169E36 #163A9E #9E167E

square

#9E7A16 #169E36 #163A9E #9E167E

split-complementary

#9E7A16 #167E9E #36169E

monochromatic

#332707 #68510F #9E7A16 #D4A31D #E6BC49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#9E7A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#9E7A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7A16

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7A16	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 122, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.116 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa05f',
    500: '#9e7a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7a16;
$custom-light: #bfa05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59854,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7A16

secondary

#496AC7

accent

#68F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7A16

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

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