#8C4D18#8C4D18

#8C4D18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.106 H 55.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4D18
RGB	rgb(140, 77, 24)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(27, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 22.53, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 46.54, 61.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.0598 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.106 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6352, 10.9507, 2.2596)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4D18 #18578C

analogous

#8C181D #8C4D18 #8C8718

triadic

#8C4D18 #188C4D #4D188C

tetradic

#8C4D18 #1D8C18 #18578C #87188C

square

#8C4D18 #1D8C18 #18578C #87188C

split-complementary

#8C4D18 #188C87 #181D8C

monochromatic

#241406 #58300F #8C4D18 #C06A21 #DE8840

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#8C4D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8C4D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4D18

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4D18	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A3F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 77, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.106 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37f59',
    500: '#8c4d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4d18;
$custom-light: #b37f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48677,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4D18

secondary

#4185BF

accent

#9CED3A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4D18

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