#9E4E36#9E4E36

#9E4E36 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.113 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E36
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 65.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 31.21, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 42.81, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.0896 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.113 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4923, 12.9863, 5.0747)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E36 #36869E

analogous

#9E3652 #9E4E36 #9E8236

triadic

#9E4E36 #369E4E #4E369E

tetradic

#9E4E36 #529E36 #36869E #82369E

square

#9E4E36 #529E36 #36869E #82369E

split-complementary

#9E4E36 #369E82 #36529E

monochromatic

#432117 #703726 #9E4E36 #C3694F #D2907C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#9E4E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9E4E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E36

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E36	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.113 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0816d',
    500: '#9e4e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e36;
$custom-light: #c0816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51816,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E36

secondary

#74ABBB

accent

#B9D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEB

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E36

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

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