#8C401B#8C401B

#8C401B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.115 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C401B
RGB	rgb(140, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(20, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(20, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 29.89, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 47.21, 50.73°)
OKLab	oklab(46.46% 0.0823 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(46.46% 0.115 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8477, 9.3230, 2.1597)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C401B #1B678C

analogous

#8C1B2E #8C401B #8C781B

triadic

#8C401B #1B8C40 #401B8C

tetradic

#8C401B #2E8C1B #1B678C #781B8C

square

#8C401B #2E8C1B #1B678C #781B8C

split-complementary

#8C401B #1B8C78 #1B2E8C

monochromatic

#251107 #592911 #8C401B #BF5725 #DB7746

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8C401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8C401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C401B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C401B	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.115 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4775a',
    500: '#8c401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c401b;
$custom-light: #b4775a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.646,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46464,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C401B

secondary

#4696BD

accent

#B2EB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C401B

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

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