#8E4E3D#8E4E3D

#8E4E3D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.091 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E3D
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 61)
HSL	hsl(13, 40%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 57%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 25.11, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 33.28, 41.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.0736 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.091 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7231, 11.5380, 5.8656)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E3D #3D7D8E

analogous

#8E3D54 #8E4E3D #8E773D

triadic

#8E4E3D #3D8E4E #4E3D8E

tetradic

#8E4E3D #548E3D #3D7D8E #773D8E

square

#8E4E3D #548E3D #3D7D8E #773D8E

split-complementary

#8E4E3D #3D8E77 #3D548E

monochromatic

#381F18 #63362B #8E4E3D #B56853 #C88D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8E4E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8E4E3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E3D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E3D	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.091 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38072',
    500: '#8e4e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e3d;
$custom-light: #b38072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.593,
    "s": 39.901,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4963,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E3D

secondary

#75A5B1

accent

#B7D058

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E3D

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

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