#8E5D4E#8E5D4E

#8E5D4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.069 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5D4E
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 78)
HSL	hsl(14, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(14, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 18.19, 16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 24.78, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.0545 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.069 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4456, 14.1308, 9.0676)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5D4E #4E7F8E

analogous

#8E4E5F #8E5D4E #8E7D4E

triadic

#8E5D4E #4E8E5D #5D4E8E

tetradic

#8E5D4E #5F8E4E #4E7F8E #7D4E8E

square

#8E5D4E #5F8E4E #4E7F8E #7D4E8E

split-complementary

#8E5D4E #4E8E7D #4E5F8E

monochromatic

#3F2923 #664338 #8E5D4E #AE7B6B #C49E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8E5D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8E5D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5D4E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5D4E	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.069 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b7f',
    500: '#8e5d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5d4e;
$custom-light: #b18b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.062,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52771,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5D4E

secondary

#88A7B0

accent

#AEC562

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#110C0A

muted

#807D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5D4E

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

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