#8B511F#8B511F

#8B511F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.100 H 57.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B511F
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 31)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 20.07, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 43.22, 62.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.0536 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.1 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8384, 11.4742, 2.7820)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B511F #1F598B

analogous

#8B1F23 #8B511F #8B871F

triadic

#8B511F #1F8B51 #511F8B

tetradic

#8B511F #238B1F #1F598B #871F8B

square

#8B511F #238B1F #1F598B #871F8B

split-complementary

#8B511F #1F8B87 #1F238B

monochromatic

#271709 #593414 #8B511F #BD6E2A #D78D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8B511F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8B511F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B511F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B511F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B511F	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b511f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.100 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2825e',
    500: '#8b511f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b511f;
$custom-light: #b2825e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b511f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.778,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49335,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B511F

secondary

#4C87BA

accent

#9AE741

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B511F

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

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