#8B4E18#8B4E18

#8B4E18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.105 H 57.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E18
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 24)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 21.51, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 46.08, 62.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.0568 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.105 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5379, 11.0052, 2.2753)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E18 #18558B

analogous

#8B181C #8B4E18 #8B8818

triadic

#8B4E18 #188B4E #4E188B

tetradic

#8B4E18 #1C8B18 #18558B #88188B

square

#8B4E18 #1C8B18 #18558B #88188B

split-complementary

#8B4E18 #188B88 #181C8B

monochromatic

#231306 #57310F #8B4E18 #BF6B21 #DE8A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#8B4E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8B4E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E18

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E18	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.105 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38059',
    500: '#8b4e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e18;
$custom-light: #b38059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.174,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48717,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E18

secondary

#4083BE

accent

#99ED3A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E18

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

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