#8B4E1C#8B4E1C

#8B4E1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.103 H 55.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E1C
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 28)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 21.67, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 44.59, 60.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% 0.0579 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.103 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5827, 11.0231, 2.5108)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E1C #1C598B

analogous

#8B1C21 #8B4E1C #8B851C

triadic

#8B4E1C #1C8B4E #4E1C8B

tetradic

#8B4E1C #218B1C #1C598B #851C8B

square

#8B4E1C #218B1C #1C598B #851C8B

split-complementary

#8B4E1C #1C8B85 #1C218B

monochromatic

#251507 #583112 #8B4E1C #BE6B26 #DA8947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8B4E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8B4E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E1C

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E1C	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.103 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2805c',
    500: '#8b4e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e1c;
$custom-light: #b2805c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.027,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4875,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E1C

secondary

#4787BC

accent

#9CE93E

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E1C

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

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