#8B531C#8B531C

#8B531C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.101 H 60.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B531C
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 28)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 18.78, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 44.32, 64.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.0493 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.101 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9515, 11.7608, 2.6337)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B531C #1C548B

analogous

#8B1C1C #8B531C #8B8B1C

triadic

#8B531C #1C8B53 #531C8B

tetradic

#8B531C #1C8B1C #1C548B #8B1C8B

square

#8B531C #1C8B1C #1C548B #8B1C8B

split-complementary

#8B531C #1C8B8B #1C1C8B

monochromatic

#251607 #583512 #8B531C #BE7126 #DA9047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8B531C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B531C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B531C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B531C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B531C	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)

#645814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b531c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.101 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835c',
    500: '#8b531c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b531c;
$custom-light: #b2835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b531c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.73,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49687,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B531C

secondary

#4782BC

accent

#95E93E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B531C

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

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