#9E4E37#9E4E37

#9E4E37 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.112 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E37
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 31.27, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 42.48, 42.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.0899 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.112 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5160, 12.9957, 5.1997)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E37 #37879E

analogous

#9E3754 #9E4E37 #9E8237

triadic

#9E4E37 #379E4E #4E379E

tetradic

#9E4E37 #549E37 #37879E #82379E

square

#9E4E37 #549E37 #37879E #82379E

split-complementary

#9E4E37 #379E82 #37549E

monochromatic

#432117 #713827 #9E4E37 #C26A50 #D2907D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#9E4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9E4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E37

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E37	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)

#635A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.112 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0816e',
    500: '#9e4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e37;
$custom-light: #c0816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.398,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51832,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E37

secondary

#76ACBB

accent

#BAD850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEC

border

#D1CAC7

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E37

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

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