#8A4536#8A4536

#8A4536 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.098 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4536
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 27.91, 22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 35.80, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.0814 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.098 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2763, 9.9273, 4.7063)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4536 #367B8A

analogous

#8A3651 #8A4536 #8A6F36

triadic

#8A4536 #368A45 #45368A

tetradic

#8A4536 #518A36 #367B8A #6F368A

square

#8A4536 #518A36 #367B8A #6F368A

split-complementary

#8A4536 #368A6F #36518A

monochromatic

#321914 #5E2F25 #8A4536 #B65B47 #C88272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8A4536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A4536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4536

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4536	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.098 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07a6d',
    500: '#8a4536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4536;
$custom-light: #b07a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47359,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4536

secondary

#6BA4B1

accent

#BDD354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4536

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

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