#8C4E20#8C4E20

#8C4E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.102 H 53.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4E20
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 32)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(26, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 77.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 22.29, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 43.42, 59.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.0603 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.102 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8015, 11.1300, 2.7877)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4E20 #205E8C

analogous

#8C2028 #8C4E20 #8C8420

triadic

#8C4E20 #208C4E #4E208C

tetradic

#8C4E20 #288C20 #205E8C #84208C

square

#8C4E20 #288C20 #205E8C #84208C

split-complementary

#8C4E20 #208C84 #20288C

monochromatic

#281609 #5A3215 #8C4E20 #BE6A2B #D78950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8C4E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8C4E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4E20

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4E20	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.102 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3805e',
    500: '#8c4e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4e20;
$custom-light: #b3805e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.556,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48929,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4E20

secondary

#4E8CBA

accent

#A0E642

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4E20

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