Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind amber-800 #92400E
Tailwind CSS v3's amber-800 is #92400E. It is a dark soft brown in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.473, chroma 0.125 and hue 46.2°. The nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8B4513), ΔE2000 2.6 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.0981
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.473 · 0.125 · 46.2
- Best text
- White 7.09:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#92400E color codes
- HEX
#92400E- RGB
rgb(146, 64, 14)- HSL
hsl(23, 83%, 31%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.473 0.125 46.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.473 0.086 0.090)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 37.50, a* 31.98, b* 43.42- XYZ (D65)
X 13.77, Y 9.81, Z 1.58- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 56%, 90%, 43%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #92400E accessible?
White text on it reaches 7.09:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.96:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
2.96:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +20
-
White text on it
7.09:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −88
-
As text on black
2.96:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −18
-
As text on white
7.09:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +83
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#92400E 7.09:1
It already reaches 7.09:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#B35E32 4.56:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.47 to 0.57 reaches 4.56:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #92400E live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #92400E
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #92400E sits at step 700.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 amber scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #92400E can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.133; #92400E uses 94% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.151 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.125
- sRGB edge
- 0.133
- Display P3 edge
- 0.151
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.152
- Dominant wavelength
- 594 nm
- Excitation purity
- 83%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5471, y 0.3899
- This color#92400E
- Most vivid in sRGB#953D00
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.473 0.151 46.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #92400e;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5644 0.2398 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #92400E
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#C9A087
- OKLab50%#CC9E89
- OKLCH50%#CC9E89
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#492007
- OKLab50%#351302
- OKLCH50%#351302
Its complement #006583
- sRGB50%#495349
- OKLab50%#645954
- OKLCH50%#734684
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #92400e, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #92400e 50%, white);In use
#92400E in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:17.09:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.09:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:17.09:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.09:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:17.09:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.64:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.64:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.64:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #BD673B 4.60:1
Color vision
How #92400E looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.8; tritanopia changes it least, 16.9.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#584D03 ΔE2000 24.0
Distinct
Reads as dark muted brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#6C5F0A ΔE2000 24.5
Distinct
Reads as muted brown
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#A12D37 ΔE2000 16.9
Distinct
Reads as dark soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#585858 ΔE2000 24.8
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #006583. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #92400E · #006583 | 45.3 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #584D03 · #556384 | 38.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #6C5F0A · #455883 | 43.1 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #A12D37 · #006E6F | 50.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #585858 · #5D5D5D | 1.8 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #92400E
Its complement is #006583, a dark muted blue, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#92400E
- Complement#006583
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#953843
- Base#92400E
- +30°#7B5300
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#92400E
- +120°#006D4F
- +240°#584E9D
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#92400E
- +150°#00696B
- +210°#265BA0
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-amber-800: #92400e;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as amber-800;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
amber: { 800: '#92400e' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own amber-800; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-amber-800: oklch(0.473 0.125 46.2);
}{
"color": {
"amber-800": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5725, 0.251, 0.0549],
"hex": "#92400e"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 amber-800"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let amber800 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.573, green: 0.251, blue: 0.055, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Amber800 = Color(0xFF92400E)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #92400E in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.