#8B4E20#8B4E20

#8B4E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.101 H 54.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E20
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 32)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(26, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 21.85, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 43.02, 59.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.059 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.101 54.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6337, 11.0435, 2.7798)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E20 #205D8B

analogous

#8B2028 #8B4E20 #8B8320

triadic

#8B4E20 #208B4E #4E208B

tetradic

#8B4E20 #288B20 #205D8B #83208B

square

#8B4E20 #288B20 #205D8B #83208B

split-complementary

#8B4E20 #208B83 #20288B

monochromatic

#281609 #593215 #8B4E20 #BD6A2B #D6894F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8B4E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8B4E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E20

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E20	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.101 54.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2805e',
    500: '#8b4e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e20;
$custom-light: #b2805e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.794,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48787,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 54.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E20

secondary

#4D8BBA

accent

#9FE642

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E20

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