#8B4C23#8B4C23

#8B4C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.101 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4C23
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 35)
HSL	hsl(24, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(24, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 23.14, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 42.01, 56.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.0634 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.101 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5365, 10.7807, 2.9578)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4C23 #23628B

analogous

#8B232E #8B4C23 #8B8023

triadic

#8B4C23 #238B4C #4C238B

tetradic

#8B4C23 #2E8B23 #23628B #80238B

square

#8B4C23 #2E8B23 #23628B #80238B

split-complementary

#8B4C23 #238B80 #232E8B

monochromatic

#29170A #5A3117 #8B4C23 #BC672F #D48754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#8B4C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8B4C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4C23

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4C23	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.101 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27f60',
    500: '#8b4c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4c23;
$custom-light: #b27f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48454,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4C23

secondary

#5290B8

accent

#A5E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4C23

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

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