#8C4E17#8C4E17

#8C4E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.106 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4E17
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 21.92, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 46.82, 62.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.0578 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.106 57)
XYZ	xyz(13.6955, 11.0876, 2.2293)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4E17 #17558C

analogous

#8C171B #8C4E17 #8C8917

triadic

#8C4E17 #178C4E #4E178C

tetradic

#8C4E17 #1B8C17 #17558C #89178C

square

#8C4E17 #1B8C17 #17558C #89178C

split-complementary

#8C4E17 #178C89 #171B8C

monochromatic

#231306 #57310E #8C4E17 #C16B20 #DF8A3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8C4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8C4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4E17

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4E17	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61550E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.106 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38059',
    500: '#8c4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4e17;
$custom-light: #b38059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.205,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48852,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.11086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4E17

secondary

#3F83BF

accent

#99EF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4E17

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

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