#8B371B#8B371B

#8B371B is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.122 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B371B
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 27)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(15, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, 34.18, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 48.58, 45.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.0956 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.122 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2128, 8.3021, 1.9961)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B371B #1B6F8B

analogous

#8B1B37 #8B371B #8B6F1B

triadic

#8B371B #1B8B37 #371B8B

tetradic

#8B371B #378B1B #1B6F8B #6F1B8B

square

#8B371B #378B1B #1B6F8B #6F1B8B

split-complementary

#8B371B #1B8B6F #1B378B

monochromatic

#250E07 #582311 #8B371B #BE4B25 #DB6B45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8B371B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B371B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B371B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B371B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B371B	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b371b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.122 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47159',
    500: '#8b371b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b371b;
$custom-light: #b47159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b371b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44916,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B371B

secondary

#459FBC

accent

#BFEA3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B371B

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

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