#8A4E17#8A4E17

#8A4E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.104 H 58.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E17
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(29, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 21.03, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 46.07, 62.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.0553 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.104 58)
XYZ	xyz(13.3615, 10.9154, 2.2137)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E17 #17538A

analogous

#8A1719 #8A4E17 #8A8817

triadic

#8A4E17 #178A4E #4E178A

tetradic

#8A4E17 #198A17 #17538A #88178A

square

#8A4E17 #198A17 #17538A #88178A

split-complementary

#8A4E17 #178A88 #17198A

monochromatic

#211306 #56300E #8A4E17 #BE6C20 #DF8A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8A4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8A4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E17

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E17	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.104 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28059',
    500: '#8a4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e17;
$custom-light: #b28059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48568,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.10914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E17

secondary

#3F81BE

accent

#98EE3A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E17

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

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