#9E3517#9E3517

#9E3517 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.145 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E3517
RGB	rgb(158, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(13, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 42.20, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 58.55, 43.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1177 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.146 36)
XYZ	xyz(15.5301, 9.8795, 1.8996)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E3517 #17809E

analogous

#9E173D #9E3517 #9E7817

triadic

#9E3517 #179E35 #35179E

tetradic

#9E3517 #3D9E17 #17809E #78179E

square

#9E3517 #3D9E17 #17809E #78179E

split-complementary

#9E3517 #179E78 #173D9E

monochromatic

#331107 #69230F #9E3517 #D3471F #E56D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#9E3517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#9E3517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E3517

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E3517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E3517	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE152F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e3517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.145 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37257',
    500: '#9e3517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e3517;
$custom-light: #c37257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e3517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47831,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.09877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E3517

secondary

#4AABC6

accent

#C8F137

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E3517

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

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