#9E321B#9E321B

#9E321B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.147 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E321B
RGB	rgb(158, 50, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 43.63, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 57.98, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.1228 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.147 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4408, 9.6317, 2.0828)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E321B #1B879E

analogous

#9E1B46 #9E321B #9E741B

triadic

#9E321B #1B9E32 #321B9E

tetradic

#9E321B #469E1B #1B879E #741B9E

square

#9E321B #469E1B #1B879E #741B9E

split-complementary

#9E321B #1B9E74 #1B469E

monochromatic

#351109 #6A2112 #9E321B #D24324 #E16B52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#9E321B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#9E321B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E321B

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E321B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E321B	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e321b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 50, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.147 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3705a',
    500: '#9e321b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e321b;
$custom-light: #c3705a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e321b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.534,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47502,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E321B

secondary

#51B0C4

accent

#CEEE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E321B

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

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