#8C511B#8C511B

#8C511B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.103 H 58.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C511B
RGB	rgb(140, 81, 27)
HSL	hsl(29, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 20.35, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 45.15, 63.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% 0.0537 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.103 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9567, 11.5409, 2.5293)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C511B #1B568C

analogous

#8C1B1D #8C511B #8C8A1B

triadic

#8C511B #1B8C51 #511B8C

tetradic

#8C511B #1D8C1B #1B568C #8A1B8C

square

#8C511B #1D8C1B #1B568C #8A1B8C

split-complementary

#8C511B #1B8C8A #1B1D8C

monochromatic

#251607 #593311 #8C511B #BF6F25 #DB8D46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8C511B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8C511B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C511B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C511B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C511B	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c511b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 81, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.103 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3825c',
    500: '#8c511b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c511b;
$custom-light: #b3825c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c511b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.673,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49439,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C511B

secondary

#4684BD

accent

#98EB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C511B

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

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