#8B4E30#8B4E30

#8B4E30 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.093 H 46.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E30
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 48)
HSL	hsl(20, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.84, 22.79, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.84, 36.58, 51.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.0646 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.093 46)
XYZ	xyz(13.9064, 11.1526, 4.2160)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E30 #306D8B

analogous

#8B3040 #8B4E30 #8B7C30

triadic

#8B4E30 #308B4E #4E308B

tetradic

#8B4E30 #408B30 #306D8B #7C308B

square

#8B4E30 #408B30 #306D8B #7C308B

split-complementary

#8B4E30 #308B7C #30408B

monochromatic

#301B11 #5E3420 #8B4E30 #B86840 #CC8A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#8B4E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8B4E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E30

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E30	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.093 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18069',
    500: '#8b4e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e30;
$custom-light: #b18069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.78,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48986,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.11151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E30

secondary

#6499B3

accent

#ABD850

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110A06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E30

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

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