#9F3517#9F3517

#9F3517 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.147 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F3517
RGB	rgb(159, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(13, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 42.57, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 58.97, 43.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1187 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.147 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7276, 9.9813, 1.9089)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F3517 #17819F

analogous

#9F173D #9F3517 #9F7917

triadic

#9F3517 #179F35 #35179F

tetradic

#9F3517 #3D9F17 #17819F #79179F

square

#9F3517 #3D9F17 #17819F #79179F

split-complementary

#9F3517 #179F79 #173D9F

monochromatic

#341108 #6A230F #9F3517 #D4471F #E56D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#9F3517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#9F3517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F3517

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F3517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F3517	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF142F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f3517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.147 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47257',
    500: '#9f3517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f3517;
$custom-light: #c47257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f3517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.235,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48004,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F3517

secondary

#4BABC7

accent

#C8F136

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F3517

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

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