#8C4E1A#8C4E1A

#8C4E1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.105 H 56.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4E1A
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 26)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 22.04, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 45.73, 61.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.0586 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.105 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7273, 11.1003, 2.3967)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4E1A #1A588C

analogous

#8C1A1F #8C4E1A #8C871A

triadic

#8C4E1A #1A8C4E #4E1A8C

tetradic

#8C4E1A #1F8C1A #1A588C #871A8C

square

#8C4E1A #1F8C1A #1A588C #871A8C

split-complementary

#8C4E1A #1A8C87 #1A1F8C

monochromatic

#251407 #583110 #8C4E1A #C06B24 #DC8A44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8C4E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8C4E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4E1A

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4E1A	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)

#605512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.105 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3805b',
    500: '#8c4e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4e1a;
$custom-light: #b3805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.368,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48875,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4E1A

secondary

#4486BE

accent

#9CEC3C

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4E1A

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

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