#9B4E35#9B4E35

#9B4E35 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.110 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E35
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 65.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 29.91, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 41.81, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% 0.0857 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.11 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8860, 12.6763, 4.9250)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E35 #35829B

analogous

#9B354F #9B4E35 #9B8135

triadic

#9B4E35 #359B4E #4E359B

tetradic

#9B4E35 #4F9B35 #35829B #81359B

square

#9B4E35 #4F9B35 #35829B #81359B

split-complementary

#9B4E35 #359B81 #354F9B

monochromatic

#402016 #6D3725 #9B4E35 #C2684C #D18F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#9B4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9B4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E35

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E35	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.110 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be816d',
    500: '#9b4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e35;
$custom-light: #be816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.706,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5136,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E35

secondary

#72A8BA

accent

#B7D94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E35

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

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