#8E3417#8E3417

#8E3417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.129 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3417
RGB	rgb(142, 52, 23)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.54, 36.69, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.54, 51.90, 45.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.1022 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.129 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5394, 8.2704, 1.7465)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3417 #17718E

analogous

#8E1735 #8E3417 #8E7017

triadic

#8E3417 #178E34 #34178E

tetradic

#8E3417 #358E17 #17718E #70178E

square

#8E3417 #358E17 #17718E #70178E

split-complementary

#8E3417 #178E70 #17358E

monochromatic

#250D06 #59210E #8E3417 #C34720 #E0673F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#8E3417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8E3417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3417

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3417	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 52, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.129 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76f57',
    500: '#8e3417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3417;
$custom-light: #b76f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.622,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44958,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3417

secondary

#40A1C0

accent

#C3EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3417

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

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