#8B4A25#8B4A25

#8B4A25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.101 H 48.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4A25
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 37)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.76, 24.39, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.76, 41.45, 53.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.0675 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.101 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4313, 10.5216, 3.0735)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4A25 #25668B

analogous

#8B2533 #8B4A25 #8B7D25

triadic

#8B4A25 #258B4A #4A258B

tetradic

#8B4A25 #338B25 #25668B #7D258B

square

#8B4A25 #338B25 #25668B #7D258B

split-complementary

#8B4A25 #258B7D #25338B

monochromatic

#2A170B #5B3018 #8B4A25 #BB6432 #D38458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#8B4A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8B4A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4A25

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4A25	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)

#5C5221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.101 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27d61',
    500: '#8b4a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4a25;
$custom-light: #b27d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.765,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48118,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4A25

secondary

#5593B7

accent

#A9E147

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4A25

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

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