#8B522B#8B522B

#8B522B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.093 H 53.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B522B
RGB	rgb(139, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 20.15, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 38.20, 58.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.0558 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.093 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1019, 11.6994, 3.8006)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B522B #2B648B

analogous

#8B2B34 #8B522B #8B822B

triadic

#8B522B #2B8B52 #522B8B

tetradic

#8B522B #348B2B #2B648B #822B8B

square

#8B522B #348B2B #2B648B #822B8B

split-complementary

#8B522B #2B8B82 #2B348B

monochromatic

#2E1B0E #5C361D #8B522B #BA6E39 #CE8E62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8B522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8B522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B522B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B522B	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70652B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.093 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18366',
    500: '#8b522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b522b;
$custom-light: #b18366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49657,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B522B

secondary

#5D91B5

accent

#A1DC4C

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B522B

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

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