#8B4D16#8B4D16

#8B4D16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.106 H 56.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4D16
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(28, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 22.01, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 46.87, 61.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.058 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.106 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4474, 10.8562, 2.1462)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4D16 #16548B

analogous

#8B161A #8B4D16 #8B8816

triadic

#8B4D16 #168B4D #4D168B

tetradic

#8B4D16 #1A8B16 #16548B #88168B

square

#8B4D16 #1A8B16 #16548B #88168B

split-complementary

#8B4D16 #168B88 #161A8B

monochromatic

#211205 #56300E #8B4D16 #C06A1E #E0893B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#8B4D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8B4D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4D16

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4D16	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60540D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.106 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37f58',
    500: '#8b4d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4d16;
$custom-light: #b37f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.205,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48519,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4D16

secondary

#3E82BF

accent

#99EF38

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A03

muted

#817C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4D16

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

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