#8B4A17#8B4A17

#8B4A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.107 H 53.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4A17
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 23)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(26, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, 23.76, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 46.80, 59.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.0634 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.107 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2521, 10.4499, 2.1296)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4A17 #17588B

analogous

#8B171E #8B4A17 #8B8417

triadic

#8B4A17 #178B4A #4A178B

tetradic

#8B4A17 #1E8B17 #17588B #84178B

square

#8B4A17 #1E8B17 #17588B #84178B

split-complementary

#8B4A17 #178B84 #171E8B

monochromatic

#221206 #562E0E #8B4A17 #C06620 #DF843D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#8B4A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B4A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4A17

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4A17	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)

#5D520F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.107 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37d59',
    500: '#8b4a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4a17;
$custom-light: #b37d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47983,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4A17

secondary

#3F87BF

accent

#9FEE39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4A17

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