#8A4538#8A4538

#8A4538 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.097 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4538
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(10, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 28.07, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 35.21, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.0823 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.097 32)
XYZ	xyz(13.3242, 9.9465, 4.9588)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4538 #387D8A

analogous

#8A3854 #8A4538 #8A6E38

triadic

#8A4538 #388A45 #45388A

tetradic

#8A4538 #548A38 #387D8A #6E388A

square

#8A4538 #548A38 #387D8A #6E388A

split-complementary

#8A4538 #388A6E #38548A

monochromatic

#331915 #5E2F26 #8A4538 #B55B4A #C78275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8A4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A4538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4538

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4538	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)

#565037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.097 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07a6e',
    500: '#8a4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4538;
$custom-light: #b07a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.512,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47397,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.09945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4538

secondary

#6EA6B0

accent

#BED256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4538

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

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