#8B4E1B#8B4E1B

#8B4E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.103 H 56.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E1B
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 21.63, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 44.97, 61.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.0576 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.103 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5709, 11.0184, 2.4488)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E1B #1B588B

analogous

#8B1B20 #8B4E1B #8B861B

triadic

#8B4E1B #1B8B4E #4E1B8B

tetradic

#8B4E1B #208B1B #1B588B #861B8B

square

#8B4E1B #208B1B #1B588B #861B8B

split-complementary

#8B4E1B #1B8B86 #1B208B

monochromatic

#251407 #583111 #8B4E1B #BE6B25 #DB8A45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#8B4E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8B4E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E1B

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E1B	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)

#605514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.103 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2805b',
    500: '#8b4e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e1b;
$custom-light: #b2805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.321,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48741,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E1B

secondary

#4586BC

accent

#9CEA3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E1B

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

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