#9E3217#9E3217

#9E3217 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.148 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E3217
RGB	rgb(158, 50, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 43.51, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 59.21, 42.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.1217 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.148 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3976, 9.6145, 1.8555)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E3217 #17839E

analogous

#9E173F #9E3217 #9E7517

triadic

#9E3217 #179E32 #32179E

tetradic

#9E3217 #3F9E17 #17839E #75179E

square

#9E3217 #3F9E17 #17839E #75179E

split-complementary

#9E3217 #179E75 #173F9E

monochromatic

#331007 #69210F #9E3217 #D3431F #E5694B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#9E3217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#9E3217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E3217

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E3217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E3217	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e3217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 50, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.148 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37057',
    500: '#9e3217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e3217;
$custom-light: #c37057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e3217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47468,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E3217

secondary

#4AAEC6

accent

#CCF137

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E3217

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

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