#9C4E45#9C4E45

#9C4E45 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.106 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E45
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 55.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 31.55, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 37.51, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.0933 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.106 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5102, 12.9483, 7.2062)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E45 #45939C

analogous

#9C4568 #9C4E45 #9C7A45

triadic

#9C4E45 #459C4E #4E459C

tetradic

#9C4E45 #689C45 #45939C #7A459C

square

#9C4E45 #689C45 #45939C #7A459C

split-complementary

#9C4E45 #459C7A #45689C

monochromatic

#47241F #723932 #9C4E45 #BA6D64 #CD958E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#9C4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#9C4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E45

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E45	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA414C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.106 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8178',
    500: '#9c4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e45;
$custom-light: #bd8178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51791,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E45

secondary

#84B3B9

accent

#C2CF59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E45

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

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