#8E513D#8E513D

#8E513D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.088 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E513D
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 61)
HSL	hsl(15, 40%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 57%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 23.40, 22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 32.63, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.0683 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.088 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9411, 11.9740, 5.9383)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E513D #3D7A8E

analogous

#8E3D52 #8E513D #8E7A3D

triadic

#8E513D #3D8E51 #513D8E

tetradic

#8E513D #528E3D #3D7A8E #7A3D8E

square

#8E513D #528E3D #3D7A8E #7A3D8E

split-complementary

#8E513D #3D8E7A #3D528E

monochromatic

#382018 #63392B #8E513D #B56B53 #C8907E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8E513D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8E513D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E513D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E513D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E513D	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e513d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.088 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38272',
    500: '#8e513d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e513d;
$custom-light: #b38272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e513d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.815,
    "s": 39.901,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50169,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E513D

secondary

#75A3B1

accent

#B2D058

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E513D

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

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