Exploring the Color #8E4F3B

#8E4F3B sits at 14° on the color wheel, placing it in the red family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 41% saturation and 39% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 142, 79, 59 produces a 6.30:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8E4F3B is a close cousin of CSS sienna — about 23 units away from #A0522D. Designers reach for red hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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