#8C421B#8C421B

#8C421B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.113 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C421B
RGB	rgb(140, 66, 27)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 28.80, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 46.87, 52.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% 0.0791 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.113 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9625, 9.5526, 2.1979)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C421B #1B658C

analogous

#8C1B2C #8C421B #8C7A1B

triadic

#8C421B #1B8C42 #421B8C

tetradic

#8C421B #2C8C1B #1B658C #7A1B8C

square

#8C421B #2C8C1B #1B658C #7A1B8C

split-complementary

#8C421B #1B8C7A #1B2C8C

monochromatic

#251207 #592A11 #8C421B #BF5A25 #DB7A46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8C421B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8C421B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C421B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C421B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C421B	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A323A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c421b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 66, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.113 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4785a',
    500: '#8c421b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c421b;
$custom-light: #b4785a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c421b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.708,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46791,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C421B

secondary

#4694BD

accent

#AFEB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C421B

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

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