#8A3518#8A3518

#8A3518 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.123 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3518
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 24)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, 34.68, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 49.59, 45.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.0966 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.123 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9205, 8.0171, 1.7837)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3518 #186D8A

analogous

#8A1834 #8A3518 #8A6E18

triadic

#8A3518 #188A35 #35188A

tetradic

#8A3518 #348A18 #186D8A #6E188A

square

#8A3518 #348A18 #186D8A #6E188A

split-complementary

#8A3518 #188A6E #18348A

monochromatic

#220D06 #56210F #8A3518 #BE4921 #DE673F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8A3518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3518

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3518	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)

#4D4414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.123 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36f57',
    500: '#8a3518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3518;
$custom-light: #b36f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.263,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4443,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3518

secondary

#409EBD

accent

#C0ED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3518

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

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