#8B4B22#8B4B22

#8B4B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.102 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4B22
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 34)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, 23.66, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 42.52, 56.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.0648 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.102 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4535, 10.6381, 2.8579)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4B22 #22628B

analogous

#8B222D #8B4B22 #8B8022

triadic

#8B4B22 #228B4B #4B228B

tetradic

#8B4B22 #2D8B22 #22628B #80228B

square

#8B4B22 #2D8B22 #22628B #80228B

split-complementary

#8B4B22 #228B80 #222D8B

monochromatic

#29160A #5A3016 #8B4B22 #BC662E #D58553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#8B4B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8B4B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4B22

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4B22	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D531D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.102 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27e5f',
    500: '#8b4b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4b22;
$custom-light: #b27e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48263,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4B22

secondary

#5090B8

accent

#A5E444

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4B22

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

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