#8B511D#8B511D

#8B511D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.101 H 58.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B511D
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 19.98, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 44.01, 63.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% 0.053 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.101 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8128, 11.4640, 2.6475)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B511D #1D578B

analogous

#8B1D20 #8B511D #8B881D

triadic

#8B511D #1D8B51 #511D8B

tetradic

#8B511D #208B1D #1D578B #881D8B

square

#8B511D #208B1D #1D578B #881D8B

split-complementary

#8B511D #1D8B88 #1D208B

monochromatic

#261608 #583312 #8B511D #BE6F28 #D98D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8B511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8B511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B511D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B511D	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)

#625716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.101 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2825d',
    500: '#8b511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b511d;
$custom-light: #b2825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49317,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B511D

secondary

#4985BB

accent

#99E83F

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B511D

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

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