#8C591C#8C591C

#8C591C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.100 H 66.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C591C
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 15.75, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 44.64, 69.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0402 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.1 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5984, 12.8055, 2.8013)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C591C #1C4F8C

analogous

#8C211C #8C591C #878C1C

triadic

#8C591C #1C8C59 #591C8C

tetradic

#8C591C #1C8C21 #1C4F8C #8C1C87

square

#8C591C #1C8C21 #1C4F8C #8C1C87

split-complementary

#8C591C #1C878C #211C8C

monochromatic

#261808 #593912 #8C591C #BF7926 #DA9848

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8C591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8C591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C591C

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C591C	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)

#6A5D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.100 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3885d',
    500: '#8c591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c591c;
$custom-light: #b3885d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.679,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50983,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C591C

secondary

#487DBC

accent

#8CEA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C591C

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

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