#8E4E3E#8E4E3E

#8E4E3E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.090 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E3E
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 62)
HSL	hsl(12, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 25.20, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 32.97, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.074 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.09 35)
XYZ	xyz(14.7503, 11.5488, 6.0088)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E3E #3E7E8E

analogous

#8E3E56 #8E4E3E #8E763E

triadic

#8E4E3E #3E8E4E #4E3E8E

tetradic

#8E4E3E #568E3E #3E7E8E #763E8E

square

#8E4E3E #568E3E #3E7E8E #763E8E

split-complementary

#8E4E3E #3E8E76 #3E568E

monochromatic

#391F19 #63372B #8E4E3E #B56855 #C78E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8E4E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8E4E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E3E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E3E	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)

#5E573D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.090 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38073',
    500: '#8e4e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e3e;
$custom-light: #b38073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 39.216,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49649,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.11547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E3E

secondary

#76A6B1

accent

#B7CF59

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E3E

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

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