#8C401C#8C401C

#8C401C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.114 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C401C
RGB	rgb(140, 64, 28)
HSL	hsl(19, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(19, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 29.93, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 46.85, 50.30°)
OKLab	oklab(46.47% 0.0826 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(46.47% 0.114 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8595, 9.3277, 2.2216)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C401C #1C688C

analogous

#8C1C30 #8C401C #8C781C

triadic

#8C401C #1C8C40 #401C8C

tetradic

#8C401C #308C1C #1C688C #781C8C

square

#8C401C #308C1C #1C688C #781C8C

split-complementary

#8C401C #1C8C78 #1C308C

monochromatic

#261108 #592912 #8C401C #BF5726 #DA7748

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8C401C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8C401C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C401C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C401C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C401C	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c401c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 64, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.114 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4775b',
    500: '#8c401c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c401c;
$custom-light: #b4775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c401c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46473,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C401C

secondary

#4897BC

accent

#B2EA3E

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C401C

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

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