#9C4A38#9C4A38

#9C4A38 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.114 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4A38
RGB	rgb(156, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 32.68, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 42.19, 39.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.0947 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.114 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8744, 12.2530, 5.2171)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4A38 #388A9C

analogous

#9C3858 #9C4A38 #9C7C38

triadic

#9C4A38 #389C4A #4A389C

tetradic

#9C4A38 #589C38 #388A9C #7C389C

square

#9C4A38 #589C38 #388A9C #7C389C

split-complementary

#9C4A38 #389C7C #38589C

monochromatic

#421F18 #6F3528 #9C4A38 #C06551 #D18D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#9C4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#9C4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4A38

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4A38	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.114 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7e6f',
    500: '#9c4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4a38;
$custom-light: #be7e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50905,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4A38

secondary

#76AEBA

accent

#BFD751

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEC

border

#D1C9C7

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4A38

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

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