#8B5035#8B5035

#8B5035 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.089 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5035
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 53)
HSL	hsl(19, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 22.02, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 34.36, 50.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% 0.0631 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.089 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1598, 11.4847, 4.8385)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5035 #35708B

analogous

#8B3545 #8B5035 #8B7B35

triadic

#8B5035 #358B50 #50358B

tetradic

#8B5035 #458B35 #35708B #7B358B

square

#8B5035 #458B35 #35708B #7B358B

split-complementary

#8B5035 #358B7B #35458B

monochromatic

#321D13 #5F3624 #8B5035 #B76946 #C98D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8B5035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8B5035 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5035

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5035	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.089 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1826d',
    500: '#8b5035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5035;
$custom-light: #b1826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.837,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49432,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5035

secondary

#6A9BB1

accent

#ACD453

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5035

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

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