#8B4917#8B4917

#8B4917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.108 H 53.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4917
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 23)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(26, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, 24.33, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 46.91, 58.76°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.065 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.108 53)
XYZ	xyz(13.1859, 10.3175, 2.1075)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4917 #17598B

analogous

#8B171F #8B4917 #8B8317

triadic

#8B4917 #178B49 #49178B

tetradic

#8B4917 #1F8B17 #17598B #83178B

square

#8B4917 #1F8B17 #17598B #83178B

split-complementary

#8B4917 #178B83 #171F8B

monochromatic

#221206 #562D0E #8B4917 #C06520 #DF833D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#8B4917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8B4917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4917

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4917	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C510F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.108 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37c58',
    500: '#8b4917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4917;
$custom-light: #b37c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47805,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.10316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4917

secondary

#3F88BF

accent

#A0EE39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120903

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4917

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

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