#8A491B#8A491B

#8A491B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.105 H 52.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A491B
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(25, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, 24.04, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 45.05, 57.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.0649 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.105 52)
XYZ	xyz(13.0628, 10.2490, 2.3270)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A491B #1B5C8A

analogous

#8A1B24 #8A491B #8A811B

triadic

#8A491B #1B8A49 #491B8A

tetradic

#8A491B #248A1B #1B5C8A #811B8A

square

#8A491B #248A1B #1B5C8A #811B8A

split-complementary

#8A491B #1B8A81 #1B248A

monochromatic

#241307 #572E11 #8A491B #BD6425 #DB8345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#8A491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#8A491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A491B

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A491B	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.105 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27c5b',
    500: '#8a491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a491b;
$custom-light: #b27c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.865,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47691,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.10247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A491B

secondary

#458BBC

accent

#A3EA3E

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A491B

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

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