#8A3214#8A3214

#8A3214 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3214
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 20)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(15, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.43, 36.02, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.43, 51.56, 45.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.1001 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.127 38)
XYZ	xyz(11.7494, 7.7367, 1.5363)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3214 #146C8A

analogous

#8A1431 #8A3214 #8A6D14

triadic

#8A3214 #148A32 #32148A

tetradic

#8A3214 #318A14 #146C8A #6D148A

square

#8A3214 #318A14 #146C8A #6D148A

split-complementary

#8A3214 #148A6D #14318A

monochromatic

#1F0B05 #551F0C #8A3214 #BF451C #E26236

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8A3214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3214

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3214	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B420F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e54',
    500: '#8a3214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3214;
$custom-light: #b46e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.254,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43973,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.07735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3214

secondary

#3C9DBE

accent

#C2F136

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE8

border

#D1C7C4

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3214

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

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