#8B4720#8B4720

#8B4720 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.106 H 47.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4720
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 32)
HSL	hsl(22, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(22, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 25.82, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 43.81, 53.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.071 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.106 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1626, 10.1013, 2.6228)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4720 #20648B

analogous

#8B202E #8B4720 #8B7C20

triadic

#8B4720 #208B47 #47208B

tetradic

#8B4720 #2E8B20 #20648B #7C208B

square

#8B4720 #2E8B20 #20648B #7C208B

split-complementary

#8B4720 #208B7C #202E8B

monochromatic

#281409 #592E15 #8B4720 #BD602B #D6804F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#8B4720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#8B4720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4720

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4720	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99393F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.106 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37b5e',
    500: '#8b4720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4720;
$custom-light: #b37b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.869,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47535,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4720

secondary

#4D92BA

accent

#AAE642

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4720

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

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