#9E7B16#9E7B16

#9E7B16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7B16
RGB	rgb(158, 123, 22)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 4.33, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 54.71, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0055 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.116 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3297, 21.4945, 3.7843)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7B16 #16399E

analogous

#9E3716 #9E7B16 #7D9E16

triadic

#9E7B16 #169E7B #7B169E

tetradic

#9E7B16 #169E37 #16399E #9E167D

square

#9E7B16 #169E37 #16399E #9E167D

split-complementary

#9E7B16 #167D9E #37169E

monochromatic

#332707 #68510F #9E7B16 #D4A51D #E6BD49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#9E7B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#9E7B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7B16

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7B16	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94841D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 123, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa05f',
    500: '#9e7b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7b16;
$custom-light: #bfa05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60064,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7B16

secondary

#4969C7

accent

#66F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7B16

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

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