#9C4E41#9C4E41

#9C4E41 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.107 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E41
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 58.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 31.21, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 38.53, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.0917 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.107 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3902, 12.9003, 6.5742)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E41 #418F9C

analogous

#9C4162 #9C4E41 #9C7B41

triadic

#9C4E41 #419C4E #4E419C

tetradic

#9C4E41 #629C41 #418F9C #7B419C

square

#9C4E41 #629C41 #418F9C #7B419C

split-complementary

#9C4E41 #419C7B #41629C

monochromatic

#46231D #71382F #9C4E41 #BC6C5E #CE9389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#9C4E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9C4E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E41

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E41	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.107 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8175',
    500: '#9c4e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e41;
$custom-light: #be8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51712,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E41

secondary

#80B1B9

accent

#C0D157

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E41

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

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