#8C4E25#8C4E25

#8C4E25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.100 H 51.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4E25
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 37)
HSL	hsl(24, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(24, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 73.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 22.55, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 41.42, 57.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.0619 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.1 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8747, 11.1593, 3.1732)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4E25 #25638C

analogous

#8C2530 #8C4E25 #8C8125

triadic

#8C4E25 #258C4E #4E258C

tetradic

#8C4E25 #308C25 #25638C #81258C

square

#8C4E25 #308C25 #25638C #81258C

split-complementary

#8C4E25 #258C81 #25308C

monochromatic

#2B180B #5C3318 #8C4E25 #BC6932 #D38958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#8C4E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8C4E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4E25

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4E25	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.100 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38061',
    500: '#8c4e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4e25;
$custom-light: #b38061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.883,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48982,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4E25

secondary

#5590B8

accent

#A4E146

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4E25

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

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