#9E3522#9E3522

#9E3522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.143 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E3522
RGB	rgb(158, 53, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 42.57, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 55.11, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1209 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.143 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6641, 9.9331, 2.6055)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E3522 #228B9E

analogous

#9E224D #9E3522 #9E7322

triadic

#9E3522 #229E35 #35229E

tetradic

#9E3522 #4D9E22 #228B9E #73229E

square

#9E3522 #4D9E22 #228B9E #73229E

split-complementary

#9E3522 #229E73 #224D9E

monochromatic

#39130C #6C2417 #9E3522 #D0462D #DC715E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#9E3522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#9E3522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E3522

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E3522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E3522	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE1731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e3522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 53, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.143 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2725e',
    500: '#9e3522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e3522;
$custom-light: #c2725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e3522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47935,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E3522

secondary

#5BB1C1

accent

#CEE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E3522

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

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