#8A4236#8A4236

#8A4236 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.101 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4236
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 29.57, 21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 36.61, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.86% 0.0866 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(46.86% 0.101 31)
XYZ	xyz(13.0964, 9.5675, 4.6464)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4236 #367E8A

analogous

#8A3654 #8A4236 #8A6C36

triadic

#8A4236 #368A42 #42368A

tetradic

#8A4236 #548A36 #367E8A #6C368A

square

#8A4236 #548A36 #367E8A #6C368A

split-complementary

#8A4236 #368A6C #36548A

monochromatic

#321814 #5E2D25 #8A4236 #B65747 #C87F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8A4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4236

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4236	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97353F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.101 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1786d',
    500: '#8a4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4236;
$custom-light: #b1786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46859,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.09566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4236

secondary

#6BA7B1

accent

#C1D354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4236

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

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