#8B4519#8B4519

#8B4519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.110 H 49.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4519
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 25)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 26.64, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 46.70, 55.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.12% 0.0723 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(47.12% 0.11 49)
XYZ	xyz(12.9523, 9.8170, 2.1323)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4519 #195F8B

analogous

#8B1926 #8B4519 #8B7E19

triadic

#8B4519 #198B45 #45198B

tetradic

#8B4519 #268B19 #195F8B #7E198B

square

#8B4519 #268B19 #195F8B #7E198B

split-complementary

#8B4519 #198B7E #19268B

monochromatic

#231206 #572B10 #8B4519 #BF5F22 #DD7D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8B4519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B4519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4519

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4519	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99363C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.110 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37a59',
    500: '#8b4519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4519;
$custom-light: #b37a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.158,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47124,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.09815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4519

secondary

#428EBE

accent

#A8EC3B

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4519

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

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