#8B451E#8B451E

#8B451E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.108 H 47.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B451E
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 30)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 26.85, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 44.86, 53.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.0737 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.108 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0112, 9.8405, 2.4423)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B451E #1E648B

analogous

#8B1E2D #8B451E #8B7B1E

triadic

#8B451E #1E8B45 #451E8B

tetradic

#8B451E #2D8B1E #1E648B #7B1E8B

square

#8B451E #2D8B1E #1E648B #7B1E8B

split-complementary

#8B451E #1E8B7B #1E2D8B

monochromatic

#261308 #592C13 #8B451E #BD5E29 #D87E4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8B451E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B451E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B451E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B451E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B451E	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99363D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b451e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.108 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37a5c',
    500: '#8b451e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b451e;
$custom-light: #b37a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b451e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.468,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4717,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B451E

secondary

#4A92BB

accent

#ACE740

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B451E

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

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