#8B4121#8B4121

#8B4121 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.110 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4121
RGB	rgb(139, 65, 33)
HSL	hsl(18, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 29.19, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 44.41, 48.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.0814 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.11 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8135, 9.3810, 2.5745)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4121 #216B8B

analogous

#8B2136 #8B4121 #8B7621

triadic

#8B4121 #218B41 #41218B

tetradic

#8B4121 #368B21 #216B8B #76218B

square

#8B4121 #368B21 #216B8B #76218B

split-complementary

#8B4121 #218B76 #21368B

monochromatic

#28130A #5A2A15 #8B4121 #BC582D #D67951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8B4121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B4121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4121

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4121	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99313A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 65, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.110 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3775e',
    500: '#8b4121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4121;
$custom-light: #b3775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.113,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46533,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4121

secondary

#4F99B9

accent

#B4E543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4121

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

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