#9F421C#9F421C

#9F421C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.134 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F421C
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 28)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(17, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 82.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 36.57, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 54.64, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.1012 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.134 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4576, 11.3534, 2.4232)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F421C #1C799F

analogous

#9F1C37 #9F421C #9F841C

triadic

#9F421C #1C9F42 #421C9F

tetradic

#9F421C #379F1C #1C799F #841C9F

square

#9F421C #379F1C #1C799F #841C9F

split-complementary

#9F421C #1C9F84 #1C379F

monochromatic

#37170A #6B2C13 #9F421C #D35825 #E17D54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#9F421C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#9F421C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F421C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F421C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F421C	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f421c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.134 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3795b',
    500: '#9f421c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f421c;
$custom-light: #c3795b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f421c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.405,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49799,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F421C

secondary

#53A3C4

accent

#B9ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F421C

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

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