#8B4E31#8B4E31

#8B4E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.093 H 45.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E31
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(19, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(19, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 22.87, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 36.19, 50.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49% 0.065 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.093 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9273, 11.1609, 4.3259)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E31 #316E8B

analogous

#8B3141 #8B4E31 #8B7B31

triadic

#8B4E31 #318B4E #4E318B

tetradic

#8B4E31 #418B31 #316E8B #7B318B

square

#8B4E31 #418B31 #316E8B #7B318B

split-complementary

#8B4E31 #318B7B #31418B

monochromatic

#311B11 #5E3521 #8B4E31 #B86741 #CB8A6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#8B4E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8B4E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E31

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E31	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)

#5F562E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.093 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1806a',
    500: '#8b4e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e31;
$custom-light: #b1806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49002,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E31

secondary

#659AB2

accent

#ACD750

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110A06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E31

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

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