#8A3514#8A3514

#8A3514 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.124 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3514
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 20)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(17, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 34.55, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 50.91, 47.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% 0.0956 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.124 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8819, 8.0017, 1.5805)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3514 #14698A

analogous

#8A142E #8A3514 #8A7014

triadic

#8A3514 #148A35 #35148A

tetradic

#8A3514 #2E8A14 #14698A #70148A

square

#8A3514 #2E8A14 #14698A #70148A

split-complementary

#8A3514 #148A70 #142E8A

monochromatic

#1F0C05 #55200C #8A3514 #BF4A1C #E26636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8A3514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3514

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3514	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D440F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625710

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.124 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f55',
    500: '#8a3514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3514;
$custom-light: #b46f55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.78,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44395,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3514

secondary

#3C9ABE

accent

#BDF136

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3514

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

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