#8B5237#8B5237

#8B5237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.086 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5237
RGB	rgb(139, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 21.03, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 33.31, 50.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.0604 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.086 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3554, 11.8008, 5.1354)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5237 #37708B

analogous

#8B3746 #8B5237 #8B7C37

triadic

#8B5237 #378B52 #52378B

tetradic

#8B5237 #468B37 #37708B #7C378B

square

#8B5237 #468B37 #37708B #7C378B

split-complementary

#8B5237 #378B7C #37468B

monochromatic

#331E14 #5F3826 #8B5237 #B76C48 #C88F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8B5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8B5237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5237

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5237	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.086 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0836e',
    500: '#8b5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5237;
$custom-light: #b0836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49836,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5237

secondary

#6D9BB1

accent

#AAD355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5237

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

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