#8C5316#8C5316

#8C5316 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.104 H 61.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5316
RGB	rgb(140, 83, 22)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 19.01, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 46.89, 66.09°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.049 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.104 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0545, 11.8214, 2.3005)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5316 #164F8C

analogous

#8C1816 #8C5316 #8A8C16

triadic

#8C5316 #168C53 #53168C

tetradic

#8C5316 #168C18 #164F8C #8C168A

square

#8C5316 #168C18 #164F8C #8C168A

split-complementary

#8C5316 #168A8C #18168C

monochromatic

#221405 #57340E #8C5316 #C1721E #E0913C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8C5316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8C5316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C5316

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C5316	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65590B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 83, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.104 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38359',
    500: '#8c5316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5316;
$custom-light: #b38359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.017,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49779,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5316

secondary

#3E7DC0

accent

#91F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5316

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

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