#8D3717#8D3717

#8D3717 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.125 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3717
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 23)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, 34.83, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 50.81, 46.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.0966 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.125 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5067, 8.4587, 1.7846)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3717 #176D8D

analogous

#8D1732 #8D3717 #8D7217

triadic

#8D3717 #178D37 #37178D

tetradic

#8D3717 #328D17 #176D8D #72178D

square

#8D3717 #328D17 #176D8D #72178D

split-complementary

#8D3717 #178D72 #17328D

monochromatic

#240E06 #58220E #8D3717 #C24C20 #E06A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8D3717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8D3717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3717

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3717	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645914

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.125 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67157',
    500: '#8d3717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3717;
$custom-light: #b67157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45211,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3717

secondary

#409DC0

accent

#BDEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3717

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

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