#8C541B#8C541B

#8C541B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.102 H 61.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C541B
RGB	rgb(140, 84, 27)
HSL	hsl(30, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 18.62, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 45.03, 65.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.0486 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.102 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1846, 11.9967, 2.6053)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C541B #1B538C

analogous

#8C1B1B #8C541B #8C8C1B

triadic

#8C541B #1B8C54 #541B8C

tetradic

#8C541B #1B8C1B #1B538C #8C1B8C

square

#8C541B #1B8C1B #1B538C #8C1B8C

split-complementary

#8C541B #1B8C8C #1B1B8C

monochromatic

#251607 #593511 #8C541B #BF7325 #DB9146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8C541B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8C541B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C541B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C541B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C541B	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c541b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 84, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.102 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3845c',
    500: '#8c541b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c541b;
$custom-light: #b3845c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c541b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.265,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50006,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C541B

secondary

#4681BD

accent

#93EB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C541B

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

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