#8B3E24#8B3E24

#8B3E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.112 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3E24
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 36)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.11, 30.96, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.11, 43.92, 45.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.09% 0.0874 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(46.09% 0.112 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6898, 9.0632, 2.7499)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3E24 #24718B

analogous

#8B243D #8B3E24 #8B7224

triadic

#8B3E24 #248B3E #3E248B

tetradic

#8B3E24 #3D8B24 #24718B #72248B

square

#8B3E24 #3D8B24 #24718B #72248B

split-complementary

#8B3E24 #248B72 #243D8B

monochromatic

#2A130B #5A2817 #8B3E24 #BC5431 #D37656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8B3E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B3E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3E24

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3E24	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)

#534A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.112 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37560',
    500: '#8b3e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3e24;
$custom-light: #b37560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.146,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46085,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3E24

secondary

#539EB7

accent

#BBE246

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3E24

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

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