#8E3018#8E3018

#8E3018 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.133 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3018
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, 38.61, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 52.47, 42.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.1083 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.133 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3785, 7.9324, 1.7433)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3018 #18768E

analogous

#8E183B #8E3018 #8E6B18

triadic

#8E3018 #188E30 #30188E

tetradic

#8E3018 #3B8E18 #18768E #6B188E

square

#8E3018 #3B8E18 #18768E #6B188E

split-complementary

#8E3018 #188E6B #183B8E

monochromatic

#250D06 #5A1E0F #8E3018 #C24221 #DF6141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E3018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E3018 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3018

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3018	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D152B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.133 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76d57',
    500: '#8e3018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3018;
$custom-light: #b76d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44434,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3018

secondary

#42A6C0

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3018

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

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