#9F7217#9F7217

#9F7217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.114 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F7217
RGB	rgb(159, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 9.92, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 53.32, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0216 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.114 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4715, 19.4691, 3.4902)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F7217 #17449F

analogous

#9F2E17 #9F7217 #889F17

triadic

#9F7217 #179F72 #72179F

tetradic

#9F7217 #179F2E #17449F #9F1788

square

#9F7217 #179F2E #17449F #9F1788

split-complementary

#9F7217 #17889F #2E179F

monochromatic

#342508 #6A4C0F #9F7217 #D4981F #E5B24B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#9F7217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#9F7217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F7217

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F7217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F7217	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f7217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.114 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09a5e',
    500: '#9f7217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f7217;
$custom-light: #c09a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f7217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58322,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F7217

secondary

#4B74C7

accent

#74F136

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F7217

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

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