#9E802B#9E802B

#9E802B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.107 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E802B
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 2.36, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 48.32, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0021 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.107 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2570, 22.8833, 5.5296)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E802B #2B499E

analogous

#9E472B #9E802B #839E2B

triadic

#9E802B #2B9E80 #802B9E

tetradic

#9E802B #2B9E47 #2B499E #9E2B83

square

#9E802B #2B9E47 #2B499E #9E2B83

split-complementary

#9E802B #2B839E #472B9E

monochromatic

#3E3211 #6E591E #9E802B #CAA53C #D7BB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#9E802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#9E802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E802B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E802B	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.107 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea46a',
    500: '#9e802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e802b;
$custom-light: #bea46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61257,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E802B

secondary

#677EBE

accent

#6FE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E802B

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

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