#9F7517#9F7517

#9F7517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.114 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F7517
RGB	rgb(159, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(41, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 8.22, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 53.68, 81.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.0166 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.114 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8155, 20.1570, 3.6048)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F7517 #17419F

analogous

#9F3117 #9F7517 #859F17

triadic

#9F7517 #179F75 #75179F

tetradic

#9F7517 #179F31 #17419F #9F1785

square

#9F7517 #179F31 #17419F #9F1785

split-complementary

#9F7517 #17859F #31179F

monochromatic

#342608 #6A4E0F #9F7517 #D49C1F #E5B64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9F7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#9F7517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F7517

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F7517	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.114 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09c5e',
    500: '#9f7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f7517;
$custom-light: #c09c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58935,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F7517

secondary

#4B71C7

accent

#70F136

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F7517

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

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