#8C501F#8C501F

#8C501F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.102 H 56.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C501F
RGB	rgb(140, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, 21.10, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 43.66, 61.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% 0.0565 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.102 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9324, 11.4132, 2.7653)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C501F #1F5B8C

analogous

#8C1F25 #8C501F #8C861F

triadic

#8C501F #1F8C50 #501F8C

tetradic

#8C501F #258C1F #1F5B8C #861F8C

square

#8C501F #258C1F #1F5B8C #861F8C

split-complementary

#8C501F #1F8C86 #1F258C

monochromatic

#281709 #5A3314 #8C501F #BE6D2A #D88C4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8C501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8C501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C501F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C501F	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.102 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3815e',
    500: '#8c501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c501f;
$custom-light: #b3815e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.972,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49288,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C501F

secondary

#4C89BB

accent

#9CE741

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C501F

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

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