#8A4936#8A4936

#8A4936 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.093 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4936
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.61, 25.67, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.61, 34.84, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.0745 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.093 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5307, 10.4361, 4.7911)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4936 #36778A

analogous

#8A364D #8A4936 #8A7336

triadic

#8A4936 #368A49 #49368A

tetradic

#8A4936 #4D8A36 #36778A #73368A

square

#8A4936 #4D8A36 #36778A #73368A

split-complementary

#8A4936 #368A73 #364D8A

monochromatic

#321A14 #5E3225 #8A4936 #B66047 #C88672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#8A4936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8A4936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4936

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4936	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.093 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07d6d',
    500: '#8a4936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4936;
$custom-light: #b07d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48048,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4936

secondary

#6BA1B1

accent

#B7D354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4936

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

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