#803B17#803B17

#803B17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.107 H 45.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#803B17
RGB	rgb(128, 59, 23)
HSL	hsl(21, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(21, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 82%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 27.38, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 44.35, 51.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.0751 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.107 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6218, 7.7803, 1.7529)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#803B17 #175C80

analogous

#801728 #803B17 #806F17

triadic

#803B17 #17803B #3B1780

tetradic

#803B17 #288017 #175C80 #6F1780

square

#803B17 #288017 #175C80 #6F1780

split-complementary

#803B17 #17806F #172880

monochromatic

#1A0C05 #4C230E #803B17 #B45320 #DB6F36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#803B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#803B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #803B17

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##803B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##803B17	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D2C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #803b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 59, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.107 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab7257',
    500: '#803b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #803b17;
$custom-light: #ab7257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#803b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43715,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#803B17

secondary

#3E8CB4

accent

#B0EC3B

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#110803

muted

#807B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #803B17

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

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