#8C481B#8C481B

#8C481B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.108 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C481B
RGB	rgb(140, 72, 27)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 25.48, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 45.98, 56.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.069 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.108 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3317, 10.2909, 2.3210)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C481B #1B5F8C

analogous

#8C1B26 #8C481B #8C811B

triadic

#8C481B #1B8C48 #481B8C

tetradic

#8C481B #268C1B #1B5F8C #811B8C

square

#8C481B #268C1B #1B5F8C #811B8C

split-complementary

#8C481B #1B8C81 #1B268C

monochromatic

#251307 #592E11 #8C481B #BF6225 #DB8246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#8C481B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8C481B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C481B

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C481B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C481B	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A393F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c481b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 72, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.108 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47c5b',
    500: '#8c481b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c481b;
$custom-light: #b47c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c481b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.894,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4781,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C481B

secondary

#468EBD

accent

#A6EB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C481B

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