#9B5E4E#9B5E4E

#9B5E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.084 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5E4E
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(12, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 23.09, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 30.36, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.0686 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.084 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8965, 15.5257, 9.2078)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5E4E #4E8B9B

analogous

#9B4E64 #9B5E4E #9B844E

triadic

#9B5E4E #4E9B5E #5E4E9B

tetradic

#9B5E4E #649B4E #4E8B9B #844E9B

square

#9B5E4E #649B4E #4E8B9B #844E9B

split-complementary

#9B5E4E #4E9B84 #4E649B

monochromatic

#4A2D25 #72453A #9B5E4E #B77E6F #CBA398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#9B5E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9B5E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5E4E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5E4E	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.084 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8c7f',
    500: '#9b5e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5e4e;
$custom-light: #bb8c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.468,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54617,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5E4E

secondary

#8DAFB8

accent

#B3C95F

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F7F0EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120C0A

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5E4E

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

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