#8A5A4E#8A5A4E

#8A5A4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.067 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A4E
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(12, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 18.24, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 23.64, 39.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.0549 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.067 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5133, 13.2668, 8.9499)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A4E #4E7E8A

analogous

#8A4E60 #8A5A4E #8A784E

triadic

#8A5A4E #4E8A5A #5A4E8A

tetradic

#8A5A4E #608A4E #4E7E8A #784E8A

square

#8A5A4E #608A4E #4E7E8A #784E8A

split-complementary

#8A5A4E #4E8A78 #4E608A

monochromatic

#3C2722 #634138 #8A5A4E #AB776A #C19B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#8A5A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A5A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A4E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A4E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.067 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae897f',
    500: '#8a5a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a4e;
$custom-light: #ae897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51691,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A4E

secondary

#86A6AE

accent

#B1C464

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#110B0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A4E

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

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