#8B531B#8B531B

#8B531B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.101 H 61.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B531B
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 27)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 18.74, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 44.71, 65.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.049 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.101 61)
XYZ	xyz(13.9397, 11.7561, 2.5717)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B531B #1B538B

analogous

#8B1B1B #8B531B #8B8B1B

triadic

#8B531B #1B8B53 #531B8B

tetradic

#8B531B #1B8B1B #1B538B #8B1B8B

square

#8B531B #1B8B1B #1B538B #8B1B8B

split-complementary

#8B531B #1B8B8B #1B1B8B

monochromatic

#251607 #583411 #8B531B #BE7225 #DB9045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8B531B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B531B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B531B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B531B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B531B	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)

#645813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72651B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b531b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.101 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835c',
    500: '#8b531b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b531b;
$custom-light: #b2835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b531b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49679,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.11755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B531B

secondary

#4581BC

accent

#94EA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B531B

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

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