#8B4522#8B4522

#8B4522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.107 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4522
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(20, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 27.04, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 43.34, 51.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.075 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.107 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0655, 9.8623, 2.7286)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4522 #22688B

analogous

#8B2234 #8B4522 #8B7A22

triadic

#8B4522 #228B45 #45228B

tetradic

#8B4522 #348B22 #22688B #7A228B

square

#8B4522 #348B22 #22688B #7A228B

split-complementary

#8B4522 #228B7A #22348B

monochromatic

#29140A #5A2D16 #8B4522 #BC5D2E #D57E53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8B4522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B4522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4522

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4522	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99363D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.107 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37a5f',
    500: '#8b4522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4522;
$custom-light: #b37a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47213,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4522

secondary

#5096B8

accent

#AFE444

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4522

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

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