#8C401D#8C401D

#8C401D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.114 H 43.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C401D
RGB	rgb(140, 64, 29)
HSL	hsl(19, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(19, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.62, 29.97, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.62, 46.49, 49.87°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% 0.0829 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.114 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8717, 9.3326, 2.2857)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C401D #1D698C

analogous

#8C1D31 #8C401D #8C771D

triadic

#8C401D #1D8C40 #401D8C

tetradic

#8C401D #318C1D #1D698C #771D8C

square

#8C401D #318C1D #1D698C #771D8C

split-complementary

#8C401D #1D8C77 #1D318C

monochromatic

#271208 #592912 #8C401D #BF5728 #D9774A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8C401D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8C401D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C401D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C401D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C401D	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)

#554C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c401d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 64, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.114 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4775b',
    500: '#8c401d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c401d;
$custom-light: #b4775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c401d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.919,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46483,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C401D

secondary

#4998BC

accent

#B3E93F

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C401D

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

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