#8B4A23#8B4A23

#8B4A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.102 H 49.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4A23
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.74, 24.28, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.74, 42.24, 54.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.0668 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.102 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4008, 10.5094, 2.9126)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4A23 #23648B

analogous

#8B2330 #8B4A23 #8B7E23

triadic

#8B4A23 #238B4A #4A238B

tetradic

#8B4A23 #308B23 #23648B #7E238B

square

#8B4A23 #308B23 #23648B #7E238B

split-complementary

#8B4A23 #238B7E #23308B

monochromatic

#29160A #5A3017 #8B4A23 #BC642F #D48454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#8B4A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8B4A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4A23

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4A23	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)

#5C521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.102 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27d60',
    500: '#8b4a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4a23;
$custom-light: #b27d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48095,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4A23

secondary

#5292B8

accent

#A8E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4A23

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

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