#8B4E26#8B4E26

#8B4E26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.098 H 51.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E26
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 38)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 22.16, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 40.60, 56.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.061 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.098 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7229, 11.0792, 3.2492)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E26 #26638B

analogous

#8B2631 #8B4E26 #8B8026

triadic

#8B4E26 #268B4E #4E268B

tetradic

#8B4E26 #318B26 #26638B #80268B

square

#8B4E26 #318B26 #26638B #80268B

split-complementary

#8B4E26 #268B80 #26318B

monochromatic

#2B180C #5B3319 #8B4E26 #BB6933 #D2895A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8B4E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B4E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E26

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E26	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.098 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28062',
    500: '#8b4e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e26;
$custom-light: #b28062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.762,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48853,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E26

secondary

#5690B7

accent

#A4E047

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E26

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