#8D6217#8D6217

#8D6217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.102 H 75.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D6217
RGB	rgb(141, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 10.77, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 47.29, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.025 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.102 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5080, 14.4613, 2.7850)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D6217 #17428D

analogous

#8D2717 #8D6217 #7D8D17

triadic

#8D6217 #178D62 #62178D

tetradic

#8D6217 #178D27 #17428D #8D177D

square

#8D6217 #178D27 #17428D #8D177D

split-complementary

#8D6217 #177D8D #27178D

monochromatic

#241906 #583D0E #8D6217 #C28720 #E0A53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8D6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8D6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D6217

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D6217	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.102 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38e5b',
    500: '#8d6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d6217;
$custom-light: #b38e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52884,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D6217

secondary

#406FC0

accent

#7BEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D6217

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

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