#8A3716#8A3716

#8A3716 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.122 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3716
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 22)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 33.61, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 49.83, 47.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.093 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.122 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9935, 8.1952, 1.7092)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3716 #16698A

analogous

#8A162F #8A3716 #8A7116

triadic

#8A3716 #168A37 #37168A

tetradic

#8A3716 #2F8A16 #16698A #71168A

square

#8A3716 #2F8A16 #16698A #71168A

split-complementary

#8A3716 #168A71 #162F8A

monochromatic

#200D05 #55220E #8A3716 #BF4C1E #E06A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8A3716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8A3716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3716

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3716	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)

#4F4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.122 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37156',
    500: '#8a3716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3716;
$custom-light: #b37156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.069,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44703,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3716

secondary

#3E99BE

accent

#BBEF39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3716

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

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