#9E3516#9E3516

#9E3516 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.146 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E3516
RGB	rgb(158, 53, 22)
HSL	hsl(14, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(14, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 42.18, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 58.86, 44.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1175 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.146 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5203, 9.8755, 1.8478)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E3516 #167F9E

analogous

#9E163B #9E3516 #9E7916

triadic

#9E3516 #169E35 #35169E

tetradic

#9E3516 #3B9E16 #167F9E #79169E

square

#9E3516 #3B9E16 #167F9E #79169E

split-complementary

#9E3516 #169E79 #163B9E

monochromatic

#331107 #68230F #9E3516 #D4471D #E66D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#9E3516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#9E3516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E3516

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E3516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E3516	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE152F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e3516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 53, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.146 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37257',
    500: '#9e3516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e3516;
$custom-light: #c37257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e3516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.676,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47824,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E3516

secondary

#49AAC7

accent

#C7F236

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E3516

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

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