#8B4D21#8B4D21

#8B4D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.101 H 52.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4D21
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 33)
HSL	hsl(25, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(25, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 22.47, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 42.71, 58.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.0611 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.101 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5770, 10.9080, 2.8290)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4D21 #215F8B

analogous

#8B212A #8B4D21 #8B8221

triadic

#8B4D21 #218B4D #4D218B

tetradic

#8B4D21 #2A8B21 #215F8B #82218B

square

#8B4D21 #2A8B21 #215F8B #82218B

split-complementary

#8B4D21 #218B82 #212A8B

monochromatic

#28160A #5A3215 #8B4D21 #BC682D #D68851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8B4D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8B4D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4D21

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4D21	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.101 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27f5f',
    500: '#8b4d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4d21;
$custom-light: #b27f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.906,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48614,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4D21

secondary

#4F8DB9

accent

#A2E543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4D21

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

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