#8A3714#8A3714

#8A3714 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.122 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3714
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 20)
HSL	hsl(18, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(18, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, 33.54, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 50.49, 48.37°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0925 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.122 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9750, 8.1878, 1.6115)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3714 #14678A

analogous

#8A142C #8A3714 #8A7214

triadic

#8A3714 #148A37 #37148A

tetradic

#8A3714 #2C8A14 #14678A #72148A

square

#8A3714 #2C8A14 #14678A #72148A

split-complementary

#8A3714 #148A72 #142C8A

monochromatic

#1F0C05 #55220C #8A3714 #BF4C1C #E26936

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8A3714 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8A3714 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3714

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3714	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3714	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F450E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3714;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.122 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47155',
    500: '#8a3714',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3714;
$custom-light: #b47155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3714",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.797,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44687,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3714

secondary

#3C97BE

accent

#BAF136

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3714

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

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