#8A371B#8A371B

#8A371B is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.121 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A371B
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 27)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, 33.79, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 48.13, 45.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.0944 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.121 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0465, 8.2164, 1.9883)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A371B #1B6E8A

analogous

#8A1B37 #8A371B #8A6F1B

triadic

#8A371B #1B8A37 #371B8A

tetradic

#8A371B #378A1B #1B6E8A #6F1B8A

square

#8A371B #378A1B #1B6E8A #6F1B8A

split-complementary

#8A371B #1B8A6F #1B378A

monochromatic

#240E07 #572311 #8A371B #BD4B25 #DB6B45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8A371B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8A371B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A371B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A371B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A371B	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)

#4E4517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a371b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.121 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37159',
    500: '#8a371b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a371b;
$custom-light: #b37159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a371b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.135,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4475,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A371B

secondary

#459EBC

accent

#BFEA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A371B

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

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