#8B4423#8B4423

#8B4423 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.107 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4423
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 35)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(19, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 27.64, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 43.13, 50.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.06% 0.077 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(47.06% 0.107 44)
XYZ	xyz(13.0192, 9.7461, 2.7854)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4423 #236A8B

analogous

#8B2336 #8B4423 #8B7823

triadic

#8B4423 #238B44 #44238B

tetradic

#8B4423 #368B23 #236A8B #78238B

square

#8B4423 #368B23 #236A8B #78238B

split-complementary

#8B4423 #238B78 #23368B

monochromatic

#29140A #5A2C17 #8B4423 #BC5C2F #D47D54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8B4423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8B4423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4423

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4423	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99353D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.107 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3795f',
    500: '#8b4423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4423;
$custom-light: #b3795f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47055,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.09745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4423

secondary

#5298B8

accent

#B1E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120905

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4423

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

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