#8B501B#8B501B

#8B501B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.102 H 58.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B501B
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.09, 20.48, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.09, 44.84, 62.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.0541 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.102 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7151, 11.3069, 2.4969)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B501B #1B568B

analogous

#8B1B1E #8B501B #8B881B

triadic

#8B501B #1B8B50 #501B8B

tetradic

#8B501B #1E8B1B #1B568B #881B8B

square

#8B501B #1E8B1B #1B568B #881B8B

split-complementary

#8B501B #1B8B88 #1B1E8B

monochromatic

#251507 #583311 #8B501B #BE6D25 #DB8C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8B501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B501B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B501B	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.102 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2815b',
    500: '#8b501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b501b;
$custom-light: #b2815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.393,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49112,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B501B

secondary

#4584BC

accent

#99EA3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B501B

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

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