#8B491A#8B491A

#8B491A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.107 H 52.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B491A
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(25, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(25, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.43, 24.44, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.43, 45.82, 57.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.0658 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.107 52)
XYZ	xyz(13.2177, 10.3302, 2.2749)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B491A #1A5C8B

analogous

#8B1A23 #8B491A #8B821A

triadic

#8B491A #1A8B49 #491A8B

tetradic

#8B491A #238B1A #1A5C8B #821A8B

square

#8B491A #238B1A #1A5C8B #821A8B

split-complementary

#8B491A #1A8B82 #1A238B

monochromatic

#241307 #572E10 #8B491A #BF6424 #DC8343

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#8B491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8B491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B491A

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B491A	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.107 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37c5a',
    500: '#8b491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b491a;
$custom-light: #b37c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.956,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47829,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.10329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B491A

secondary

#448BBD

accent

#A3EB3C

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B491A

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

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