#8B4020#8B4020

#8B4020 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.112 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4020
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, 29.68, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 44.96, 48.69°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.0827 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.112 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7428, 9.2616, 2.4829)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4020 #206B8B

analogous

#8B2035 #8B4020 #8B7520

triadic

#8B4020 #208B40 #40208B

tetradic

#8B4020 #358B20 #206B8B #75208B

square

#8B4020 #358B20 #206B8B #75208B

split-complementary

#8B4020 #208B75 #20358B

monochromatic

#281209 #592915 #8B4020 #BD572B #D6774F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8B4020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B4020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4020

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4020	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.112 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3775d',
    500: '#8b4020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4020;
$custom-light: #b3775d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.944,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46358,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4020

secondary

#4D99BA

accent

#B5E642

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4020

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

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