#8B4B16#8B4B16

#8B4B16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.107 H 55.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4B16
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(27, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 23.16, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 47.05, 60.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% 0.0614 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.107 55)
XYZ	xyz(13.3096, 10.5806, 2.1003)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4B16 #16568B

analogous

#8B161C #8B4B16 #8B8616

triadic

#8B4B16 #168B4B #4B168B

tetradic

#8B4B16 #1C8B16 #16568B #86168B

square

#8B4B16 #1C8B16 #16568B #86168B

split-complementary

#8B4B16 #168B86 #161C8B

monochromatic

#211205 #562E0E #8B4B16 #C0681E #E0863B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#8B4B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8B4B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4B16

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4B16	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E530D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.107 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37e58',
    500: '#8b4b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4b16;
$custom-light: #b37e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.179,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48155,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.10579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4B16

secondary

#3E84BF

accent

#9DEF38

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A03

muted

#817C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4B16

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

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