#8B4D2B#8B4D2B

#8B4D2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.096 H 48.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4D2B
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 43)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.53, 23.03, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.53, 38.69, 53.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.0645 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.096 48)
XYZ	xyz(13.7385, 10.9726, 3.6794)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4D2B #2B698B

analogous

#8B2B39 #8B4D2B #8B7D2B

triadic

#8B4D2B #2B8B4D #4D2B8B

tetradic

#8B4D2B #398B2B #2B698B #7D2B8B

square

#8B4D2B #398B2B #2B698B #7D2B8B

split-complementary

#8B4D2B #2B8B7D #2B398B

monochromatic

#2E190E #5C331D #8B4D2B #BA6739 #CE8862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#8B4D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8B4D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4D2B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4D2B	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.096 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27f65',
    500: '#8b4d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4d2b;
$custom-light: #b27f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48733,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.10971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4D2B

secondary

#5D96B5

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A06

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4D2B

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

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