#9D5342#9D5342

#9D5342 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.102 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5342
RGB	rgb(157, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 58%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 28.97, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 37.39, 39.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.0848 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.102 34)
XYZ	xyz(17.9826, 13.7499, 6.8602)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5342 #428C9D

analogous

#9D425E #9D5342 #9D8042

triadic

#9D5342 #429D53 #53429D

tetradic

#9D5342 #5E9D42 #428C9D #80429D

square

#9D5342 #5E9D42 #428C9D #80429D

split-complementary

#9D5342 #429D80 #425E9D

monochromatic

#47251E #723C30 #9D5342 #BC7160 #CE988B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#9D5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9D5342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5342

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5342	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB464F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.102 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8576',
    500: '#9d5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5342;
$custom-light: #be8576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.209,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52709,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.13748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5342

secondary

#82AFB9

accent

#BAD157

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5342

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

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