Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind orange-800 #9A3412

Tailwind CSS v3's orange-800 is #9A3412. It is a dark soft red in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.470, chroma 0.143 and hue 37.3°. The nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8B4513), ΔE2000 7.7 away.

Relative luminance: 0.0937
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.470 · 0.143 · 37.3
Best text: White 7.30:1
Hue family: Brown

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#9A3412 color codes

HEX: #9A3412
RGB: rgb(154, 52, 18)
HSL: hsl(15, 79%, 34%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.470 0.143 37.3)
OKLab: oklab(0.470 0.114 0.087)
CIELAB (D65): L* 36.69, a* 41.06, b* 41.77
XYZ (D65): X 14.67, Y 9.37, Z 1.61
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 66%, 88%, 40%)

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 #9A3412 accessible?

White text on it reaches 7.30:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.87:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

2.87:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +19
White text on it

7.30:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −89
As text on black

2.87:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −17
As text on white

7.30:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +84

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#9A3412 7.30:1

It already reaches 7.30:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#BF5636 4.59:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.47 to 0.58 reaches 4.59:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #9A3412 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.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #9A3412

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9A3412 sits at step 700.

50#FFF2EE

White
1.09
Black
19.18
100#FFE5DD

White
1.19
Black
17.50
200#FFC9B9

White
1.46
Black
14.30
300#FFA287

White
1.94
Black
10.76
400#EB7F5F

White
2.71
Black
7.73
500#CD6243

White
3.87
Black
5.42
600#B14A2B

White
5.40
Black
3.88
700This color#9A3412

White
7.30
Black
2.87
800#721E00

White
11.04
Black
1.90
900#4D1100

White
15.04
Black
1.39
950#2E0600

White
18.38
Black
1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 orange scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50#FFF7ED
White
1.06
Black
19.77
100#FFEDD5
White
1.14
Black
18.32
200#FED7AA
White
1.35
Black
15.51
300#FDBA74
White
1.68
Black
12.45
400#FB923C
White
2.26
Black
9.27
500#F97316
White
2.80
Black
7.49
600#EA580C
White
3.55
Black
5.89
700#C2410C
White
5.17
Black
4.05
800This color#9A3412

White
7.30
Black
2.87
900#7C2D12
White
9.37
Black
2.24
950#431407
White
15.65
Black
1.34

Gamut

How vivid #9A3412 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.156; #9A3412 uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.176 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.143
sRGB edge: 0.156
Display P3 edge: 0.176
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.177
Dominant wavelength: 600 nm
Excitation purity: 83%
Chromaticity: x 0.5718, y 0.3654

This color#9A3412
Most vivid in sRGB#9F2D00
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.470 0.176 37.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #9a3412;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5987 0.1785 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #9A3412

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%#CD9A89
OKLab50%#D29A89
OKLCH50%#D29A89

Black #000000

sRGB50%#4D1A09
OKLab50%#390E02
OKLCH50%#390E02

Its complement #00667A

sRGB50%#4D4D46
OKLab50%#6A554F
OKLCH50%#6C478C

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9a3412, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9a3412 50%, white);

In use

#9A3412 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, 4.5:17.30:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.30:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:17.30:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.30:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.30:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.56:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.56:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.56:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C85E3E 4.57:1

Color vision

How #9A3412 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.1; tritanopia changes it least, 12.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#52480B ΔE2000 28.4

Distinct

Reads as dark muted brown
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#6B5F0C ΔE2000 30.1

Distinct

Reads as muted yellow
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#AA152E ΔE2000 12.7

Distinct

Reads as dark vivid red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#565656 ΔE2000 25.6

Distinct

Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00667A. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#9A3412 · #00667A	50.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#52480B · #59637B	34.4	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#6B5F0C · #4B587A	40.1	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#AA152E · #006D6C	53.0	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#565656 · #5D5D5D	2.5	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #9A3412

Its complement is #00667A, 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.

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Base#9A3412
Complement#00667A

Complementary

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−30°#992E4C
Base#9A3412
+30°#804D00

Analogous

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Base#9A3412
+120°#006D41
+240°#4A4EA9

Triadic

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Base#9A3412
+150°#006963
+210°#005E9C

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-orange-800: #9a3412;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as orange-800;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        orange: { 800: '#9a3412' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own orange-800; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-orange-800: oklch(0.470 0.143 37.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "orange-800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6039, 0.2039, 0.0706],
        "hex": "#9a3412"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 orange-800"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let orange800 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.604, green: 0.204, blue: 0.071, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Orange800 = Color(0xFF9A3412)
}

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

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Tailwind orange-800 #9A3412

#9A3412 color codes

Contrast: is #9A3412 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #9A3412 live

Shades and tints of #9A3412

Tailwind CSS v3 orange scale

How vivid #9A3412 can get

Mixing #9A3412

#9A3412 in an interface

How #9A3412 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #9A3412

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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