#8B4E24#8B4E24

#8B4E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.099 H 52.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E24
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(24, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(24, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 22.05, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 41.42, 57.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.0603 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.099 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6915, 11.0666, 3.0838)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E24 #24618B

analogous

#8B242E #8B4E24 #8B8224

triadic

#8B4E24 #248B4E #4E248B

tetradic

#8B4E24 #2E8B24 #24618B #82248B

square

#8B4E24 #2E8B24 #24618B #82248B

split-complementary

#8B4E24 #248B82 #242E8B

monochromatic

#2A170B #5A3317 #8B4E24 #BC6931 #D38956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#8B4E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8B4E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E24

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E24	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)

#60551F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.099 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28061',
    500: '#8b4e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e24;
$custom-light: #b28061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.466,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4883,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E24

secondary

#538FB7

accent

#A2E246

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E24

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

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