#8A4938#8A4938

#8A4938 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.093 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A4938
RGBrgb(138, 73, 56)
HSLhsl(12, 42%, 38%)
HSVhsv(12, 59%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47.1%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(38.65, 25.83, 22.39)
CIE-LCHlch(38.65, 34.19, 40.92°)
OKLaboklab(48.09% 0.0754 0.054)
OKLCHoklch(48.09% 0.093 35.6)
XYZxyz(13.5786, 10.4553, 5.0436)
Luminance0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A4938 #38798A
analogous
#8A3850 #8A4938 #8A7238
triadic
#8A4938 #388A49 #49388A
tetradic
#8A4938 #508A38 #38798A #72388A
square
#8A4938 #508A38 #38798A #72388A
split-complementary
#8A4938 #388A72 #38508A
monochromatic
#331B15 #5E3226 #8A4938 #B5604A #C78675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79
#8A4938 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09
#8A4938 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4938
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A4938#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A49381.006.793.096.79
#FFFFFF6.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#595236
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#696037
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#963E45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.093 35.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07d6f',
    500: '#8a4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a4938;
$custom-light: #b07d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.439,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48085,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A4938
secondary
#6EA2B0
accent
#B8D256
background
#FBF7F6
surface
#F6EEEC
border
#D0C9C7
text
#110907
muted
#807B7A

Preview Lab

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#8A4938 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva