#8A3816#8A3816

#8A3816 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.121 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3816
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 22)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(18, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 33.10, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 49.62, 48.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.0915 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.121 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0415, 8.2912, 1.7252)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3816 #16688A

analogous

#8A162E #8A3816 #8A7216

triadic

#8A3816 #168A38 #38168A

tetradic

#8A3816 #2E8A16 #16688A #72168A

square

#8A3816 #2E8A16 #16688A #72168A

split-complementary

#8A3816 #168A72 #162E8A

monochromatic

#200D05 #55230E #8A3816 #BF4D1E #E06B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8A3816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A3816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3816

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3816	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.121 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37156',
    500: '#8a3816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3816;
$custom-light: #b37156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.586,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44851,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3816

secondary

#3E98BE

accent

#BAEF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3816

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

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