#8D4D17#8D4D17

#8D4D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.108 H 55.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4D17
RGB	rgb(141, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(27, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(27, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, 22.94, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 47.28, 60.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.0608 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.108 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7943, 11.0339, 2.2138)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4D17 #17578D

analogous

#8D171C #8D4D17 #8D8817

triadic

#8D4D17 #178D4D #4D178D

tetradic

#8D4D17 #1C8D17 #17578D #88178D

square

#8D4D17 #1C8D17 #17578D #88178D

split-complementary

#8D4D17 #178D88 #171C8D

monochromatic

#241406 #58300E #8D4D17 #C26A20 #E0883F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8D4D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8D4D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4D17

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4D17	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60540E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B3F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.108 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47f59',
    500: '#8d4d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4d17;
$custom-light: #b47f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.458,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48813,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4D17

secondary

#4085C0

accent

#9CEF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4D17

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

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