#8C5437#8C5437

#8C5437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.086 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5437
RGB	rgb(140, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 60.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 20.30, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 33.50, 52.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.0581 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.086 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6762, 12.1933, 5.1943)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5437 #376F8C

analogous

#8C3744 #8C5437 #8C7E37

triadic

#8C5437 #378C54 #54378C

tetradic

#8C5437 #448C37 #376F8C #7E378C

square

#8C5437 #448C37 #376F8C #7E378C

split-complementary

#8C5437 #378C7E #37448C

monochromatic

#341F14 #603A26 #8C5437 #B76F49 #C99175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#8C5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8C5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C5437

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C5437	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.086 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1846e',
    500: '#8c5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5437;
$custom-light: #b1846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50346,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5437

secondary

#6D9AB1

accent

#A8D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5437

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

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