#8D3817#8D3817

#8D3817 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.124 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3817
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 23)
HSL	hsl(17, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 34.33, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 50.60, 47.28°)
OKLab	oklab(45.36% 0.0951 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(45.36% 0.124 40)
XYZ	xyz(12.5547, 8.5547, 1.8006)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3817 #176C8D

analogous

#8D1731 #8D3817 #8D7317

triadic

#8D3817 #178D38 #38178D

tetradic

#8D3817 #318D17 #176C8D #73178D

square

#8D3817 #318D17 #176C8D #73178D

split-complementary

#8D3817 #178D73 #17318D

monochromatic

#240E06 #58230E #8D3817 #C24D20 #E06C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8D3817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8D3817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3817

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3817	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.124 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67257',
    500: '#8d3817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3817;
$custom-light: #b67257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.78,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45357,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.08553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3817

secondary

#409CC0

accent

#BCEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3817

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

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