#8E3214#8E3214

#8E3214 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.131 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3214
RGB	rgb(142, 50, 20)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 37.55, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 53.30, 45.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.1044 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.131 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4236, 8.0843, 1.5679)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3214 #14708E

analogous

#8E1433 #8E3214 #8E6F14

triadic

#8E3214 #148E32 #32148E

tetradic

#8E3214 #338E14 #14708E #6F148E

square

#8E3214 #338E14 #14708E #6F148E

split-complementary

#8E3214 #148E6F #14338E

monochromatic

#230C05 #581F0C #8E3214 #C4451C #E36339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8E3214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E3214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3214

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3214	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D430F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63580F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D192C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.131 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e55',
    500: '#8e3214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3214;
$custom-light: #b76e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.754,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44662,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3214

secondary

#3CA1C2

accent

#C4F236

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3214

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

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