#8B7232#8B7232

#8B7232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.088 H 87.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7232
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 2.02, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 38.37, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0033 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.088 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2414, 17.7549, 5.5359)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7232 #324B8B

analogous

#8B4632 #8B7232 #788B32

triadic

#8B7232 #328B72 #72328B

tetradic

#8B7232 #328B46 #324B8B #8B3278

square

#8B7232 #328B46 #324B8B #8B3278

split-complementary

#8B7232 #32788B #46328B

monochromatic

#312812 #5E4D22 #8B7232 #B89742 #CAB06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8B7232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8B7232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B7232

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B7232	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E712B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.088 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a6c',
    500: '#8b7232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7232;
$custom-light: #b09a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.146,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56283,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7232

secondary

#677CB2

accent

#77D751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7232

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

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