#8C4D17#8C4D17

#8C4D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.107 H 56.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4D17
RGB	rgb(140, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 22.50, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 46.90, 61.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.0595 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.107 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6250, 10.9466, 2.2058)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4D17 #17568C

analogous

#8C171C #8C4D17 #8C8817

triadic

#8C4D17 #178C4D #4D178C

tetradic

#8C4D17 #1C8C17 #17568C #88178C

square

#8C4D17 #1C8C17 #17568C #88178C

split-complementary

#8C4D17 #178C88 #171C8C

monochromatic

#231306 #57300E #8C4D17 #C16A20 #DF883E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#8C4D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8C4D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4D17

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4D17	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60540E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A3F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.107 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47f59',
    500: '#8c4d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4d17;
$custom-light: #b47f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48669,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4D17

secondary

#3F84BF

accent

#9BEF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4D17

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

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