#8B4A22#8B4A22

#8B4A22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.103 H 49.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4A22
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 34)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 24.23, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 42.64, 55.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.0665 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.103 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3862, 10.5035, 2.8355)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4A22 #22638B

analogous

#8B222F #8B4A22 #8B7F22

triadic

#8B4A22 #228B4A #4A228B

tetradic

#8B4A22 #2F8B22 #22638B #7F228B

square

#8B4A22 #2F8B22 #22638B #7F228B

split-complementary

#8B4A22 #228B7F #222F8B

monochromatic

#29160A #5A3016 #8B4A22 #BC642E #D58453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#8B4A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8B4A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4A22

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4A22	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.103 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27d5f',
    500: '#8b4a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4a22;
$custom-light: #b27d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48084,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4A22

secondary

#5091B8

accent

#A7E444

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4A22

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

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