#8B4E35#8B4E35

#8B4E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.091 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E35
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 23.17, 25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 34.67, 48.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.07% 0.0666 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(49.07% 0.091 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0155, 11.1962, 4.7904)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E35 #35728B

analogous

#8B3547 #8B4E35 #8B7935

triadic

#8B4E35 #358B4E #4E358B

tetradic

#8B4E35 #478B35 #35728B #79358B

square

#8B4E35 #478B35 #35728B #79358B

split-complementary

#8B4E35 #358B79 #35478B

monochromatic

#321C13 #5F3524 #8B4E35 #B76746 #C98B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#8B4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8B4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E35

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E35	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.091 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1806d',
    500: '#8b4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e35;
$custom-light: #b1806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.442,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49066,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E35

secondary

#6A9DB1

accent

#AFD453

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E35

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

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