#8B501F#8B501F

#8B501F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.101 H 56.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B501F
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 20.65, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 43.28, 61.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% 0.0553 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.101 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7646, 11.3267, 2.7574)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B501F #1F5A8B

analogous

#8B1F24 #8B501F #8B861F

triadic

#8B501F #1F8B50 #501F8B

tetradic

#8B501F #248B1F #1F5A8B #861F8B

square

#8B501F #248B1F #1F5A8B #861F8B

split-complementary

#8B501F #1F8B86 #1F248B

monochromatic

#271609 #593314 #8B501F #BD6D2A #D78C4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8B501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8B501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B501F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B501F	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.101 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2815e',
    500: '#8b501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b501f;
$custom-light: #b2815e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.222,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49148,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B501F

secondary

#4C88BA

accent

#9CE741

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B501F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →