#9F5A49#9F5A49

#9F5A49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.095 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5A49
RGB	rgb(159, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 54.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 26.52, 22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 34.54, 39.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.0781 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.095 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1581, 15.1662, 8.2204)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5A49 #498E9F

analogous

#9F4963 #9F5A49 #9F8549

triadic

#9F5A49 #499F5A #5A499F

tetradic

#9F5A49 #639F49 #498E9F #85499F

square

#9F5A49 #639F49 #498E9F #85499F

split-complementary

#9F5A49 #499F85 #49639F

monochromatic

#4B2B22 #754236 #9F5A49 #BB7A6A #CEA094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#9F5A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#9F5A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5A49

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5A49	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.095 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf897c',
    500: '#9f5a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5a49;
$custom-light: #bf897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.86,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5433,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5A49

secondary

#8AB1BA

accent

#B6CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5A49

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