#8A3718#8A3718

#8A3718 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.121 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3718
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 24)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 33.68, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 49.16, 46.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.0936 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.121 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0136, 8.2032, 1.8148)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3718 #186B8A

analogous

#8A1832 #8A3718 #8A7018

triadic

#8A3718 #188A37 #37188A

tetradic

#8A3718 #328A18 #186B8A #70188A

square

#8A3718 #328A18 #186B8A #70188A

split-complementary

#8A3718 #188A70 #18328A

monochromatic

#220D06 #56220F #8A3718 #BE4C21 #DE6A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8A3718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8A3718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3718

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3718	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.121 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37157',
    500: '#8a3718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3718;
$custom-light: #b37157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.316,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44721,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3718

secondary

#409BBD

accent

#BDED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3718

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

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