#9F4E21#9F4E21

#9F4E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.122 H 46.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F4E21
RGB	rgb(159, 78, 33)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 30.51, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 50.76, 53.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.0836 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.122 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2987, 12.9316, 3.0237)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F4E21 #21729F

analogous

#9F2133 #9F4E21 #9F8D21

triadic

#9F4E21 #219F4E #4E219F

tetradic

#9F4E21 #339F21 #21729F #8D219F

square

#9F4E21 #339F21 #21729F #8D219F

split-complementary

#9F4E21 #219F8D #21339F

monochromatic

#3A1C0C #6C3516 #9F4E21 #D2672C #DD8B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#9F4E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#9F4E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F4E21

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F4E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F4E21	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f4e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 78, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.122 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2815f',
    500: '#9f4e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f4e21;
$custom-light: #c2815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f4e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51709,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F4E21

secondary

#5A9DC2

accent

#ACE93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F4E21

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