#8B501D#8B501D

#8B501D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.102 H 57.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B501D
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 20.56, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 44.07, 62.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.0547 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.102 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7391, 11.3165, 2.6229)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B501D #1D588B

analogous

#8B1D21 #8B501D #8B871D

triadic

#8B501D #1D8B50 #501D8B

tetradic

#8B501D #218B1D #1D588B #871D8B

square

#8B501D #218B1D #1D588B #871D8B

split-complementary

#8B501D #1D8B87 #1D218B

monochromatic

#261608 #583312 #8B501D #BE6D28 #D98C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8B501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B501D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B501D	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)

#625616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.102 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2815d',
    500: '#8b501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b501d;
$custom-light: #b2815d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.818,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4913,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B501D

secondary

#4986BB

accent

#9AE83F

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B501D

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

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