#8B4E23#8B4E23

#8B4E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.100 H 53.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E23
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(25, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(25, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 22.00, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 41.82, 58.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.06 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.1 53)
XYZ	xyz(13.6764, 11.0606, 3.0044)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E23 #23608B

analogous

#8B232C #8B4E23 #8B8223

triadic

#8B4E23 #238B4E #4E238B

tetradic

#8B4E23 #2C8B23 #23608B #82238B

square

#8B4E23 #2C8B23 #23608B #82238B

split-complementary

#8B4E23 #238B82 #232C8B

monochromatic

#29170A #5A3317 #8B4E23 #BC692F #D48954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#8B4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8B4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E23

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E23	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.100 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28060',
    500: '#8b4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e23;
$custom-light: #b28060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48819,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.11059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E23

secondary

#528EB8

accent

#A2E345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E23

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

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