#8B4F16#8B4F16

#8B4F16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.105 H 58.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4F16
RGB	rgb(139, 79, 22)
HSL	hsl(29, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(29, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.82, 20.87, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.82, 46.73, 63.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.0546 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.105 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5895, 11.1403, 2.1935)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4F16 #16528B

analogous

#8B1617 #8B4F16 #8B8A16

triadic

#8B4F16 #168B4F #4F168B

tetradic

#8B4F16 #178B16 #16528B #8A168B

square

#8B4F16 #178B16 #16528B #8A168B

split-complementary

#8B4F16 #168B8A #16178B

monochromatic

#211305 #56310E #8B4F16 #C06D1E #E08C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8B4F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8B4F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4F16

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4F16	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61550C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 79, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.105 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38059',
    500: '#8b4f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4f16;
$custom-light: #b38059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48888,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4F16

secondary

#3E80BF

accent

#96EF38

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4F16

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

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