#8C591A#8C591A

#8C591A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.101 H 66.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C591A
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 26)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 15.67, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 45.40, 69.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.0397 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.101 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5752, 12.7962, 2.6794)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C591A #1A4D8C

analogous

#8C201A #8C591A #868C1A

triadic

#8C591A #1A8C59 #591A8C

tetradic

#8C591A #1A8C20 #1A4D8C #8C1A86

square

#8C591A #1A8C20 #1A4D8C #8C1A86

split-complementary

#8C591A #1A868C #201A8C

monochromatic

#251707 #583810 #8C591A #C07A24 #DC9844

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8C591A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8C591A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C591A

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C591A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C591A	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c591a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.101 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3885c',
    500: '#8c591a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c591a;
$custom-light: #b3885c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c591a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.158,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50967,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C591A

secondary

#447BBE

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C591A

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

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