#8B5220#8B5220

#8B5220 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.099 H 58.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5220
RGB	rgb(139, 82, 32)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 19.54, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 42.77, 62.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% 0.0521 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.099 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9266, 11.6293, 2.8775)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5220 #20598B

analogous

#8B2024 #8B5220 #8B8720

triadic

#8B5220 #208B52 #52208B

tetradic

#8B5220 #248B20 #20598B #87208B

square

#8B5220 #248B20 #20598B #87208B

split-complementary

#8B5220 #208B87 #20248B

monochromatic

#281709 #593515 #8B5220 #BD6F2B #D68E4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8B5220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8B5220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5220

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5220	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 82, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.099 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835f',
    500: '#8b5220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5220;
$custom-light: #b2835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.037,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49533,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5220

secondary

#4D87BA

accent

#99E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5220

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

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