#8A3814#8A3814

#8A3814 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.121 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3814
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 20)
HSL	hsl(18, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(18, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 33.03, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 50.29, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.0909 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.121 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0230, 8.2838, 1.6275)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3814 #14668A

analogous

#8A142B #8A3814 #8A7314

triadic

#8A3814 #148A38 #38148A

tetradic

#8A3814 #2B8A14 #14668A #73148A

square

#8A3814 #2B8A14 #14668A #73148A

split-complementary

#8A3814 #148A73 #142B8A

monochromatic

#1F0D05 #55220C #8A3814 #BF4E1C #E26B36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#8A3814 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A3814 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3814

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3814	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3814	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F460E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3814;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.121 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37155',
    500: '#8a3814',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3814;
$custom-light: #b37155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3814",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.305,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44835,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3814

secondary

#3C96BE

accent

#B8F136

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3814

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

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