#8A3616#8A3616

#8A3616 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.123 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3616
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 22)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 34.11, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 50.04, 47.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.0946 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.123 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9465, 8.1012, 1.6935)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3616 #166A8A

analogous

#8A1630 #8A3616 #8A7016

triadic

#8A3616 #168A36 #36168A

tetradic

#8A3616 #308A16 #166A8A #70168A

square

#8A3616 #308A16 #166A8A #70168A

split-complementary

#8A3616 #168A70 #16308A

monochromatic

#200D05 #55210E #8A3616 #BF4B1E #E0683B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8A3616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A3616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3616

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3616	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625713

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.123 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37056',
    500: '#8a3616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3616;
$custom-light: #b37056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44556,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3616

secondary

#3E9BBE

accent

#BDEF39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3616

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

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