#8C581B#8C581B

#8C581B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.100 H 65.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C581B
RGB	rgb(140, 88, 27)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 16.29, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 45.01, 68.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.0417 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.1 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5039, 12.6354, 2.7117)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C581B #1B4F8C

analogous

#8C1F1B #8C581B #888C1B

triadic

#8C581B #1B8C58 #581B8C

tetradic

#8C581B #1B8C1F #1B4F8C #8C1B88

square

#8C581B #1B8C1F #1B4F8C #8C1B88

split-complementary

#8C581B #1B888C #1F1B8C

monochromatic

#251807 #593811 #8C581B #BF7825 #DB9746

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8C581B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8C581B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C581B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C581B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C581B	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c581b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 88, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.100 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3875c',
    500: '#8c581b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c581b;
$custom-light: #b3875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c581b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.389,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50779,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C581B

secondary

#467DBD

accent

#8DEB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C581B

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

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