#8B5231#8B5231

#8B5231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.090 H 49.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5231
RGB	rgb(139, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(22, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 20.56, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 35.71, 54.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.058 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.09 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2202, 11.7467, 4.4236)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5231 #316A8B

analogous

#8B313D #8B5231 #8B7F31

triadic

#8B5231 #318B52 #52318B

tetradic

#8B5231 #3D8B31 #316A8B #7F318B

square

#8B5231 #3D8B31 #316A8B #7F318B

split-complementary

#8B5231 #318B7F #313D8B

monochromatic

#311D11 #5E3721 #8B5231 #B86D41 #CB8E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8B5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5231

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5231	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98474A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.090 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1836a',
    500: '#8b5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5231;
$custom-light: #b1836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49741,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5231

secondary

#6596B2

accent

#A6D750

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5231

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

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