#8C4E2A#8C4E2A

#8C4E2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.097 H 49.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4E2A
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 22.84, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 39.40, 54.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.0636 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.097 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9587, 11.1929, 3.6154)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4E2A #2A688C

analogous

#8C2A37 #8C4E2A #8C7F2A

triadic

#8C4E2A #2A8C4E #4E2A8C

tetradic

#8C4E2A #378C2A #2A688C #7F2A8C

square

#8C4E2A #378C2A #2A688C #7F2A8C

split-complementary

#8C4E2A #2A8C7F #2A378C

monochromatic

#2E1A0E #5D341C #8C4E2A #BB6838 #D08A61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8C4E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8C4E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4E2A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4E2A	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.097 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28065',
    500: '#8c4e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4e2a;
$custom-light: #b28065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49043,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4E2A

secondary

#5C95B5

accent

#A7DD4B

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4E2A

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

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