#8C451B#8C451B

#8C451B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.110 H 47.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C451B
RGB	rgb(140, 69, 27)
HSL	hsl(22, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(22, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 27.15, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 46.39, 54.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.0741 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.11 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1424, 9.9124, 2.2579)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C451B #1B628C

analogous

#8C1B29 #8C451B #8C7E1B

triadic

#8C451B #1B8C45 #451B8C

tetradic

#8C451B #298C1B #1B628C #7E1B8C

square

#8C451B #298C1B #1B628C #7E1B8C

split-complementary

#8C451B #1B8C7E #1B298C

monochromatic

#251207 #592C11 #8C451B #BF5E25 #DB7E46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#8C451B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8C451B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C451B

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C451B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C451B	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A363C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c451b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 69, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.110 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47a5a',
    500: '#8c451b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c451b;
$custom-light: #b47a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c451b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.301,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47293,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C451B

secondary

#4691BD

accent

#AAEB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C451B

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

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