#8B7337#8B7337

#8B7337 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.084 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7337
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 1.83, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 36.19, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.0034 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.084 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4686, 18.0272, 6.1732)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7337 #374F8B

analogous

#8B4937 #8B7337 #798B37

triadic

#8B7337 #378B73 #73378B

tetradic

#8B7337 #378B49 #374F8B #8B3779

square

#8B7337 #378B49 #374F8B #8B3779

split-complementary

#8B7337 #37798B #49378B

monochromatic

#332A14 #5F4F26 #8B7337 #B79748 #C8B074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8B7337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8B7337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7337

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7337	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.084 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b70',
    500: '#8b7337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7337;
$custom-light: #af9b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56562,
    "c": 0.08429,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7337

secondary

#6D80B1

accent

#79D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7337

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

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