#8B481B#8B481B

#8B481B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.107 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B481B
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 27)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 25.04, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 45.57, 56.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.0678 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.107 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1639, 10.2044, 2.3131)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B481B #1B5E8B

analogous

#8B1B26 #8B481B #8B801B

triadic

#8B481B #1B8B48 #481B8B

tetradic

#8B481B #268B1B #1B5E8B #801B8B

square

#8B481B #268B1B #1B5E8B #801B8B

split-complementary

#8B481B #1B8B80 #1B268B

monochromatic

#251307 #582D11 #8B481B #BE6325 #DB8245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#8B481B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8B481B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B481B

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B481B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B481B	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b481b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.107 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37c5b',
    500: '#8b481b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b481b;
$custom-light: #b37c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b481b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.107,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47661,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B481B

secondary

#458DBC

accent

#A5EA3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B481B

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

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