#8B511C#8B511C

#8B511C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.102 H 58.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B511C
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 28)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 19.94, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 44.40, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.0527 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.102 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8007, 11.4591, 2.5834)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B511C #1C568B

analogous

#8B1C1E #8B511C #8B891C

triadic

#8B511C #1C8B51 #511C8B

tetradic

#8B511C #1E8B1C #1C568B #891C8B

square

#8B511C #1E8B1C #1C568B #891C8B

split-complementary

#8B511C #1C8B89 #1C1E8B

monochromatic

#251607 #583312 #8B511C #BE6F26 #DA8D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8B511C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8B511C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B511C

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B511C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B511C	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b511c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.102 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2825c',
    500: '#8b511c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b511c;
$custom-light: #b2825c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b511c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.649,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49308,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B511C

secondary

#4784BC

accent

#98E93E

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B511C

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

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