#8D503E#8D503E

#8D503E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.087 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D503E
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(14, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 56%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 23.64, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 32.05, 42.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.0693 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.087 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7237, 11.7493, 6.0489)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D503E #3E7B8D

analogous

#8D3E54 #8D503E #8D783E

triadic

#8D503E #3E8D50 #503E8D

tetradic

#8D503E #548D3E #3E7B8D #783E8D

square

#8D503E #548D3E #3E7B8D #783E8D

split-complementary

#8D503E #3E8D78 #3E548D

monochromatic

#382019 #62382B #8D503E #B46A54 #C78F7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8D503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8D503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D503E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D503E	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99464C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.087 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28273',
    500: '#8d503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d503e;
$custom-light: #b28273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.671,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49869,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D503E

secondary

#76A3B1

accent

#B4CF59

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D503E

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

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