#8A601B#8A601B

#8A601B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.098 H 75.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A601B
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 10.69, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 44.85, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.0254 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.098 75)
XYZ	xyz(14.8630, 13.8494, 2.9271)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A601B #1B458A

analogous

#8A281B #8A601B #7D8A1B

triadic

#8A601B #1B8A60 #601B8A

tetradic

#8A601B #1B8A28 #1B458A #8A1B7D

square

#8A601B #1B8A28 #1B458A #8A1B7D

split-complementary

#8A601B #1B7D8A #281B8A

monochromatic

#241907 #573C11 #8A601B #BD8425 #DBA245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A601B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A601B	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F620F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.098 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d5d',
    500: '#8a601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a601b;
$custom-light: #b18d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5213,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.13848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A601B

secondary

#4572BC

accent

#7FEA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A601B

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

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