#9E4E39#9E4E39

#9E4E39 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.112 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E39
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 63.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 31.41, 27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 41.82, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.0907 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.112 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5650, 13.0153, 5.4573)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E39 #39899E

analogous

#9E3957 #9E4E39 #9E8139

triadic

#9E4E39 #399E4E #4E399E

tetradic

#9E4E39 #579E39 #39899E #81399E

square

#9E4E39 #579E39 #39899E #81399E

split-complementary

#9E4E39 #399E81 #39579E

monochromatic

#442219 #713829 #9E4E39 #C16A53 #D19180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9E4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9E4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E39

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E39	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.112 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08170',
    500: '#9e4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e39;
$custom-light: #c08170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.475,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51864,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E39

secondary

#78ADBB

accent

#BBD751

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEC

border

#D1CAC7

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E39

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

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