#8B4E19#8B4E19

#8B4E19 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.104 H 56.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E19
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 25)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.60, 21.55, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.60, 45.72, 61.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.057 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.104 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5485, 11.0094, 2.3310)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E19 #19568B

analogous

#8B191D #8B4E19 #8B8719

triadic

#8B4E19 #198B4E #4E198B

tetradic

#8B4E19 #1D8B19 #19568B #87198B

square

#8B4E19 #1D8B19 #19568B #87198B

split-complementary

#8B4E19 #198B87 #191D8B

monochromatic

#231406 #573110 #8B4E19 #BF6B22 #DD8A41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#8B4E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8B4E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E19

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E19	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)

#605511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.104 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3805a',
    500: '#8b4e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e19;
$custom-light: #b3805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.895,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48725,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E19

secondary

#4284BE

accent

#9AEC3B

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

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