#9F5E4E#9F5E4E

#9F5E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.089 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5E4E
RGB	rgb(159, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(12, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 50.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 24.75, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 32.15, 39.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.0733 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.089 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6771, 15.9282, 9.2444)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5E4E #4E8F9F

analogous

#9F4E67 #9F5E4E #9F874E

triadic

#9F5E4E #4E9F5E #5E4E9F

tetradic

#9F5E4E #679F4E #4E8F9F #874E9F

square

#9F5E4E #679F4E #4E8F9F #874E9F

split-complementary

#9F5E4E #4E9F87 #4E679F

monochromatic

#4D2D26 #76463A #9F5E4E #B97F71 #CDA49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#9F5E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#9F5E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5E4E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5E4E	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.089 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8c7f',
    500: '#9f5e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5e4e;
$custom-light: #be8c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.852,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55141,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5E4E

secondary

#8FB2BA

accent

#B5CA5E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5E4E

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

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