#9E452C#9E452C

#9E452C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.125 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E452C
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 72.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 35.35, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 48.15, 42.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1004 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.125 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6849, 11.7093, 3.7639)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E452C #2C859E

analogous

#9E2C4C #9E452C #9E7E2C

triadic

#9E452C #2C9E45 #452C9E

tetradic

#9E452C #4C9E2C #2C859E #7E2C9E

square

#9E452C #4C9E2C #2C859E #7E2C9E

split-complementary

#9E452C #2C9E7E #2C4C9E

monochromatic

#3E1B11 #6E301F #9E452C #C95D3E #D7856E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#9E452C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#9E452C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E452C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E452C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E452C	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73672A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD323F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e452c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.125 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17b66',
    500: '#9e452c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e452c;
$custom-light: #c17b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e452c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.158,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50259,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E452C

secondary

#68ABBE

accent

#BEE048

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E452C

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

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