#8B3518#8B3518

#8B3518 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.124 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3518
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 24)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 35.07, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 50.03, 45.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0978 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.124 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0867, 8.1028, 1.7915)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3518 #186E8B

analogous

#8B1835 #8B3518 #8B6E18

triadic

#8B3518 #188B35 #35188B

tetradic

#8B3518 #358B18 #186E8B #6E188B

square

#8B3518 #358B18 #186E8B #6E188B

split-complementary

#8B3518 #188B6E #18358B

monochromatic

#230D06 #57210F #8B3518 #BF4921 #DE673F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8B3518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B3518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3518

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3518	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.124 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47057',
    500: '#8b3518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3518;
$custom-light: #b47057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.13,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44598,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3518

secondary

#409FBE

accent

#C0ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3518

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

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