#8B381B#8B381B

#8B381B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.121 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B381B
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 27)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(16, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 33.68, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 48.36, 45.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.094 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.121 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2608, 8.3981, 2.0121)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B381B #1B6E8B

analogous

#8B1B36 #8B381B #8B701B

triadic

#8B381B #1B8B38 #381B8B

tetradic

#8B381B #368B1B #1B6E8B #701B8B

square

#8B381B #368B1B #1B6E8B #701B8B

split-complementary

#8B381B #1B8B70 #1B368B

monochromatic

#250F07 #582311 #8B381B #BE4D25 #DB6C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8B381B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B381B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B381B

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B381B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B381B	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b381b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.121 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47159',
    500: '#8b381b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b381b;
$custom-light: #b47159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b381b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45063,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B381B

secondary

#459EBC

accent

#BEEA3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B381B

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

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