#8B4D23#8B4D23

#8B4D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.100 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4D23
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 35)
HSL	hsl(24, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(24, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 22.57, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 41.91, 57.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.0617 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.1 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6059, 10.9196, 2.9809)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4D23 #23618B

analogous

#8B232D #8B4D23 #8B8123

triadic

#8B4D23 #238B4D #4D238B

tetradic

#8B4D23 #2D8B23 #23618B #81238B

square

#8B4D23 #2D8B23 #23618B #81238B

split-complementary

#8B4D23 #238B81 #232D8B

monochromatic

#29170A #5A3217 #8B4D23 #BC682F #D48854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8B4D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8B4D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4D23

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4D23	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)

#5F541E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.100 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27f60',
    500: '#8b4d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4d23;
$custom-light: #b27f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.231,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48636,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4D23

secondary

#528FB8

accent

#A3E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4D23

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

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