#8B4A16#8B4A16

#8B4A16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.108 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4A16
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 22)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(27, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 23.73, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 47.15, 59.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.0631 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.108 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2423, 10.4460, 2.0778)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4A16 #16578B

analogous

#8B161C #8B4A16 #8B8516

triadic

#8B4A16 #168B4A #4A168B

tetradic

#8B4A16 #1C8B16 #16578B #85168B

square

#8B4A16 #1C8B16 #16578B #85168B

split-complementary

#8B4A16 #168B85 #161C8B

monochromatic

#211205 #562E0E #8B4A16 #C0661E #E0853B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#8B4A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B4A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4A16

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4A16	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D520D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.108 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37d58',
    500: '#8b4a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4a16;
$custom-light: #b37d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47976,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4A16

secondary

#3E86BF

accent

#9EEF38

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120903

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4A16

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