#8D4517#8D4517

#8D4517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.113 H 48.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4517
RGB	rgb(141, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(23, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 27.43, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 48.23, 55.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.41% 0.0742 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(47.41% 0.113 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2686, 9.9825, 2.0385)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4517 #175F8D

analogous

#8D1724 #8D4517 #8D8017

triadic

#8D4517 #178D45 #45178D

tetradic

#8D4517 #248D17 #175F8D #80178D

square

#8D4517 #248D17 #175F8D #80178D

split-complementary

#8D4517 #178D80 #17248D

monochromatic

#241206 #582B0E #8D4517 #C25F20 #E07D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8D4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8D4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4517

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4517	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B353C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.113 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57a58',
    500: '#8d4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4517;
$custom-light: #b57a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.39,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47411,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4517

secondary

#408EC0

accent

#A8EF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120903

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4517

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

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