#8A381B#8A381B

#8A381B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.120 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A381B
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 27)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 33.28, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 47.92, 46.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.0929 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.12 39)
XYZ	xyz(12.0945, 8.3124, 2.0043)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A381B #1B6D8A

analogous

#8A1B35 #8A381B #8A701B

triadic

#8A381B #1B8A38 #381B8A

tetradic

#8A381B #358A1B #1B6D8A #701B8A

square

#8A381B #358A1B #1B6D8A #701B8A

split-complementary

#8A381B #1B8A70 #1B358A

monochromatic

#240E07 #572311 #8A381B #BD4D25 #DB6C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8A381B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A381B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A381B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A381B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A381B	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a381b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.120 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37159',
    500: '#8a381b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a381b;
$custom-light: #b37159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a381b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.676,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44898,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.08311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A381B

secondary

#459DBC

accent

#BDEA3E

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A381B

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

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