#8A3E23#8A3E23

#8A3E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.111 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E23
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, 30.49, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 43.83, 45.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% 0.0859 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.111 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5084, 8.9715, 2.6628)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E23 #236F8A

analogous

#8A233C #8A3E23 #8A7223

triadic

#8A3E23 #238A3E #3E238A

tetradic

#8A3E23 #3C8A23 #236F8A #72238A

square

#8A3E23 #3C8A23 #236F8A #72238A

split-complementary

#8A3E23 #238A72 #233C8A

monochromatic

#28120A #592817 #8A3E23 #BB542F #D47554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#8A3E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8A3E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E23

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E23	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.111 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2755f',
    500: '#8a3e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e23;
$custom-light: #b2755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.728,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45915,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E23

secondary

#519DB7

accent

#B9E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E23

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

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