#9B5142#9B5142

#9B5142 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.102 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5142
RGB	rgb(155, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 57.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 29.25, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 36.99, 37.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.0859 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.102 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4447, 13.2486, 6.7917)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5142 #428C9B

analogous

#9B425F #9B5142 #9B7D42

triadic

#9B5142 #429B51 #51429B

tetradic

#9B5142 #5F9B42 #428C9B #7D429B

square

#9B5142 #5F9B42 #428C9B #7D429B

split-complementary

#9B5142 #429B7D #425F9B

monochromatic

#45241D #703B30 #9B5142 #BB6F5F #CD958A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#9B5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#9B5142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5142

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5142	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9454D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.102 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8376',
    500: '#9b5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5142;
$custom-light: #bd8376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.112,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52086,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5142

secondary

#81AFB8

accent

#BCD058

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5142

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

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