#8B4E27#8B4E27

#8B4E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.098 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E27
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 39)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.72, 22.22, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.72, 40.20, 56.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% 0.0613 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.098 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7392, 11.0857, 3.3353)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E27 #27648B

analogous

#8B2732 #8B4E27 #8B8027

triadic

#8B4E27 #278B4E #4E278B

tetradic

#8B4E27 #328B27 #27648B #80278B

square

#8B4E27 #328B27 #27648B #80278B

split-complementary

#8B4E27 #278B80 #27328B

monochromatic

#2B180C #5B331A #8B4E27 #BB6934 #D1895B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8B4E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B4E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E27

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E27	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)

#5F5523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.098 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28063',
    500: '#8b4e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e27;
$custom-light: #b28063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48864,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E27

secondary

#5891B6

accent

#A5DF48

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E27

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

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