#8C601B#8C601B

#8C601B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.100 H 73.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C601B
RGB	rgb(140, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 11.62, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 45.40, 75.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.028 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.1 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1970, 14.0216, 2.9428)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C601B #1B478C

analogous

#8C271B #8C601B #808C1B

triadic

#8C601B #1B8C60 #601B8C

tetradic

#8C601B #1B8C27 #1B478C #8C1B80

square

#8C601B #1B8C27 #1B478C #8C1B80

split-complementary

#8C601B #1B808C #271B8C

monochromatic

#251A07 #593D11 #8C601B #BF8325 #DBA146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8C601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8C601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C601B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C601B	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70620F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.100 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28d5d',
    500: '#8c601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c601b;
$custom-light: #b28d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.637,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52378,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C601B

secondary

#4674BD

accent

#81EB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C601B

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

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