#9F3217#9F3217

#9F3217 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.149 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F3217
RGB	rgb(159, 50, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(12, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 43.87, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 59.63, 42.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1227 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.149 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5952, 9.7163, 1.8647)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F3217 #17849F

analogous

#9F1740 #9F3217 #9F7617

triadic

#9F3217 #179F32 #32179F

tetradic

#9F3217 #409F17 #17849F #76179F

square

#9F3217 #409F17 #17849F #76179F

split-complementary

#9F3217 #179F76 #17409F

monochromatic

#341008 #6A210F #9F3217 #D4431F #E56A4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#9F3217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#9F3217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F3217

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F3217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F3217	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f3217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 50, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.149 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47057',
    500: '#9f3217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f3217;
$custom-light: #c47057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f3217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47643,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F3217

secondary

#4BAEC7

accent

#CCF136

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F3217

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

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