#8B3B1B#8B3B1B

#8B3B1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.118 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3B1B
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 27)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(17, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, 32.13, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 47.73, 47.70°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% 0.0893 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.118 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4105, 8.6977, 2.0620)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3B1B #1B6B8B

analogous

#8B1B33 #8B3B1B #8B731B

triadic

#8B3B1B #1B8B3B #3B1B8B

tetradic

#8B3B1B #338B1B #1B6B8B #731B8B

square

#8B3B1B #338B1B #1B6B8B #731B8B

split-complementary

#8B3B1B #1B8B73 #1B338B

monochromatic

#250F07 #582511 #8B3B1B #BE5125 #DB7045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#8B3B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8B3B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3B1B

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3B1B	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.118 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4735a',
    500: '#8b3b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3b1b;
$custom-light: #b4735a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45516,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3B1B

secondary

#459ABC

accent

#B9EA3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3B1B

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

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