#8B4F27#8B4F27

#8B4F27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.097 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4F27
RGB	rgb(139, 79, 39)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.96, 21.64, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.96, 40.10, 57.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.0596 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.097 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8108, 11.2289, 3.3591)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4F27 #27638B

analogous

#8B2731 #8B4F27 #8B8127

triadic

#8B4F27 #278B4F #4F278B

tetradic

#8B4F27 #318B27 #27638B #81278B

square

#8B4F27 #318B27 #27638B #81278B

split-complementary

#8B4F27 #278B81 #27318B

monochromatic

#2B190C #5B341A #8B4F27 #BB6A34 #D18A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#8B4F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8B4F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4F27

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4F27	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 79, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.097 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28163',
    500: '#8b4f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4f27;
$custom-light: #b28163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49048,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4F27

secondary

#5890B6

accent

#A3DF48

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4F27

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

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