#8C4E19#8C4E19

#8C4E19 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.105 H 56.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4E19
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 25)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, 22.00, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 46.10, 61.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.0583 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.105 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7163, 11.0959, 2.3389)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4E19 #19578C

analogous

#8C191E #8C4E19 #8C8719

triadic

#8C4E19 #198C4E #4E198C

tetradic

#8C4E19 #1E8C19 #19578C #87198C

square

#8C4E19 #1E8C19 #19578C #87198C

split-complementary

#8C4E19 #198C87 #191E8C

monochromatic

#241406 #583110 #8C4E19 #C06B22 #DD8A42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8C4E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8C4E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4E19

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4E19	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.105 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3805a',
    500: '#8c4e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4e19;
$custom-light: #b3805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.652,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48867,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4E19

secondary

#4385BE

accent

#9BED3B

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4E19

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