#8A3516#8A3516

#8A3516 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.124 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3516
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 22)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 34.61, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 50.26, 46.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0961 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.124 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9005, 8.0091, 1.6782)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3516 #166B8A

analogous

#8A1631 #8A3516 #8A6F16

triadic

#8A3516 #168A35 #35168A

tetradic

#8A3516 #318A16 #166B8A #6F168A

square

#8A3516 #318A16 #166B8A #6F168A

split-complementary

#8A3516 #168A6F #16318A

monochromatic

#200C05 #55210E #8A3516 #BF491E #E0673B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8A3516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3516

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3516	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625713

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.124 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f56',
    500: '#8a3516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3516;
$custom-light: #b46f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.034,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44412,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3516

secondary

#3E9CBE

accent

#BEEF39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3516

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

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