#8B3E22#8B3E22

#8B3E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.113 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3E22
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 34)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.08, 30.86, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.08, 44.64, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(46.06% 0.0867 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(46.06% 0.113 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6601, 9.0513, 2.5935)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3E22 #226F8B

analogous

#8B223B #8B3E22 #8B7322

triadic

#8B3E22 #228B3E #3E228B

tetradic

#8B3E22 #3B8B22 #226F8B #73228B

square

#8B3E22 #3B8B22 #226F8B #73228B

split-complementary

#8B3E22 #228B73 #223B8B

monochromatic

#29120A #5A2816 #8B3E22 #BC542E #D57553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8B3E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B3E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3E22

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3E22	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.113 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3755e',
    500: '#8b3e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3e22;
$custom-light: #b3755e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46061,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3E22

secondary

#509DB8

accent

#B9E444

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3E22

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

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