#9E4E41#9E4E41

#9E4E41 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.109 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E41
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 58.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 32.01, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 39.44, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.0939 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.109 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7805, 13.1015, 6.5925)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E41 #41919E

analogous

#9E4162 #9E4E41 #9E7C41

triadic

#9E4E41 #419E4E #4E419E

tetradic

#9E4E41 #629E41 #41919E #7C419E

square

#9E4E41 #629E41 #41919E #7C419E

split-complementary

#9E4E41 #419E7C #41629E

monochromatic

#47231D #73392F #9E4E41 #BD6C5F #CF948A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9E4E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9E4E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E41

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E41	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.109 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8175',
    500: '#9e4e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e41;
$custom-light: #bf8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.387,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52004,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E41

secondary

#81B2BA

accent

#C0D256

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E41

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

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