#8A3914#8A3914

#8A3914 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.121 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3914
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 20)
HSL	hsl(19, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(19, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, 32.52, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 50.09, 49.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.0894 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.121 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0719, 8.3817, 1.6438)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3914 #14658A

analogous

#8A142A #8A3914 #8A7414

triadic

#8A3914 #148A39 #39148A

tetradic

#8A3914 #2A8A14 #14658A #74148A

square

#8A3914 #2A8A14 #14658A #74148A

split-complementary

#8A3914 #148A74 #142A8A

monochromatic

#1F0D05 #55230C #8A3914 #BF4F1C #E26C36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8A3914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8A3914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3914

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3914	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50460E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645911

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.121 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37255',
    500: '#8a3914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3914;
$custom-light: #b37255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.814,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44986,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3914

secondary

#3C95BE

accent

#B7F136

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3914

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

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