#8B4B23#8B4B23

#8B4B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.102 H 50.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4B23
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 35)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.97, 23.71, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.97, 42.12, 55.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.0651 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.102 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4681, 10.6440, 2.9350)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4B23 #23638B

analogous

#8B232F #8B4B23 #8B7F23

triadic

#8B4B23 #238B4B #4B238B

tetradic

#8B4B23 #2F8B23 #23638B #7F238B

square

#8B4B23 #2F8B23 #23638B #7F238B

split-complementary

#8B4B23 #238B7F #232F8B

monochromatic

#29160A #5A3117 #8B4B23 #BC652F #D48554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#8B4B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8B4B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4B23

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4B23	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)

#5D531E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.102 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27e60',
    500: '#8b4b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4b23;
$custom-light: #b27e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48274,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4B23

secondary

#5291B8

accent

#A6E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4B23

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

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