#8B4E29#8B4E29

#8B4E29 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.097 H 50.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E29
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 41)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 22.33, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 39.38, 55.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.062 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.097 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7732, 11.0993, 3.5144)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E29 #29668B

analogous

#8B2935 #8B4E29 #8B7F29

triadic

#8B4E29 #298B4E #4E298B

tetradic

#8B4E29 #358B29 #29668B #7F298B

square

#8B4E29 #358B29 #29668B #7F298B

split-complementary

#8B4E29 #298B7F #29358B

monochromatic

#2C190D #5C331B #8B4E29 #BA6937 #D0895F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8B4E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B4E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E29

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E29	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.097 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28064',
    500: '#8b4e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e29;
$custom-light: #b28064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.653,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48889,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E29

secondary

#5B93B5

accent

#A6DE4A

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E29

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

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