HEX atlas value

#8D640C

#8D640C is a warm orange HEX color close to Saddle Brown. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 141, 100, 12, HSL 41, 84%, 30%, has luminance 0.148, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#8D640C Sample readable text

HEX #8D640C

RGB rgb(141, 100, 12)

HSL hsl(41 84% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 29, 91, 45)

Luminance 0.148

Contrast Black 3.96:1White 5.3:1

CSS

--color-8d640c: #8D640C;
.background-8d640c { background-color: #8D640C; }
.text-8d640c { color: #8D640C; }

Luminance0.148

Black text3.96:1AA Fail

White text5.3:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8D640C","rgb":[141,100,12],"hsl":[41,84,30],"cmyk":[0,29,91,45],"luminance":0.148,"contrast":{"black":3.96,"white":5.3}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.96,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.3,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#382805","hex":"#382805","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.47,"contrastWhite":14.25,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0C358D","hex":"#0C358D","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.91,"contrastWhite":10.99,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#E1A014","hex":"#E1A014","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.24,"contrastWhite":2.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8D240C","hex":"#8D240C","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.39,"contrastWhite":8.79,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Saddle Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8d640c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0C358D","analogous":["#8D240C","#758D0C"],"triadic":["#0C8D64","#640C8D"],"tetradic":["#0C8D24","#0C358D","#8D0C75"],"splitComplementary":["#0C758D","#240C8D"],"monochromatic":["#E1A014","#8D640C","#382805"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E1A014","dark":"#382805","saturated":"#996900","desaturated":"#7C5E1D","pastel":"#DBA93D","neon":"#C28400"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":31.843366656181317},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":32.63433774416144},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":33.12099032335839},{"slug":"sienna","name":"Sienna","hex":"#A0522D","distance":42.118879377305376},{"slug":"sepia","name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","distance":45.39823785126467}]

HEX meaning and use

About #8D640C

#8D640C is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #8D640C is visually closest to Saddle Brown, a named orange color with HEX #8B4513.

The RGB channels are 141, 100, and 12, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 41deg with 84% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.148, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 31.84, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.96:1AA Fail

White text5.3:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8D640C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.96:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.3:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#382805#FFFFFF text · best 14.25:1#382805

#0C358D#FFFFFF text · best 10.99:1#0C358D

#E1A014#000000 text · best 9.24:1#E1A014

#8D240C#FFFFFF text · best 8.79:1#8D240C

Sepia#FFFFFF text · best 8.47:1#704214

Generated Palette

#8D640C#8D640C

#0C358D#0C358D

#8D240C#8D240C

#758D0C#758D0C

#E1A014#E1A014

#382805#382805

Color Harmonies

#0C358D#0C358D

#8D240C#8D240C

#758D0C#758D0C

#0C8D64#0C8D64

#640C8D#640C8D

Variants

#E1A014#E1A014

#382805#382805

#996900#996900

#7C5E1D#7C5E1D

#DBA93D#DBA93D

#C28400#C28400

Nearest Named Colors

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Cedar#8B5A2B

Olive#808000

Sienna#A0522D

Sepia#704214

#8D640C

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #8D640C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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