#9C4E37#9C4E37

#9C4E37 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.110 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E37
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 30.46, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 41.58, 42.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.0876 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.11 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1257, 12.7945, 5.1814)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E37 #37859C

analogous

#9C3753 #9C4E37 #9C8137

triadic

#9C4E37 #379C4E #4E379C

tetradic

#9C4E37 #539C37 #37859C #81379C

square

#9C4E37 #539C37 #37859C #81379C

split-complementary

#9C4E37 #379C81 #37539C

monochromatic

#422117 #6F3727 #9C4E37 #C1694F #D1907C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#9C4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9C4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E37

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E37	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.110 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be816e',
    500: '#9c4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e37;
$custom-light: #be816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.663,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51538,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E37

secondary

#75AABA

accent

#B9D750

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEC

border

#D1CAC7

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E37

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

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