#8B491D#8B491D

#8B491D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.106 H 50.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B491D
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 29)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(24, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 24.56, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 44.69, 56.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.0667 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.106 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2530, 10.3443, 2.4609)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B491D #1D5F8B

analogous

#8B1D28 #8B491D #8B801D

triadic

#8B491D #1D8B49 #491D8B

tetradic

#8B491D #288B1D #1D5F8B #801D8B

square

#8B491D #288B1D #1D5F8B #801D8B

split-complementary

#8B491D #1D8B80 #1D288B

monochromatic

#261408 #582E12 #8B491D #BE6428 #D98349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#8B491D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8B491D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B491D

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B491D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B491D	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b491d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.106 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37c5c',
    500: '#8b491d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b491d;
$custom-light: #b37c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b491d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47856,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B491D

secondary

#498DBB

accent

#A5E83F

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B491D

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

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