#8E3217#8E3217

#8E3217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.131 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3217
RGB	rgb(142, 50, 23)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.18, 37.65, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.18, 52.34, 44.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.1052 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.131 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4520, 8.0956, 1.7174)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3217 #17738E

analogous

#8E1738 #8E3217 #8E6D17

triadic

#8E3217 #178E32 #32178E

tetradic

#8E3217 #388E17 #17738E #6D178E

square

#8E3217 #388E17 #17738E #6D178E

split-complementary

#8E3217 #178E6D #17388E

monochromatic

#250D06 #591F0E #8E3217 #C34520 #E0643F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8E3217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E3217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3217

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3217	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D192D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.131 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e56',
    500: '#8e3217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3217;
$custom-light: #b76e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.613,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44687,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3217

secondary

#40A3C0

accent

#C6EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3217

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

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