#8B531D#8B531D

#8B531D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.100 H 60.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B531D
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 29)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 18.83, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 43.93, 64.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.0495 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.1 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9637, 11.7656, 2.6978)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B531D #1D558B

analogous

#8B1D1E #8B531D #8B8A1D

triadic

#8B531D #1D8B53 #531D8B

tetradic

#8B531D #1E8B1D #1D558B #8A1D8B

square

#8B531D #1E8B1D #1D558B #8A1D8B

split-complementary

#8B531D #1D8B8A #1D1E8B

monochromatic

#261708 #583512 #8B531D #BE7128 #D99049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8B531D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B531D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B531D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B531D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B531D	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b531d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.100 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835d',
    500: '#8b531d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b531d;
$custom-light: #b2835d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b531d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49696,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B531D

secondary

#4983BB

accent

#95E83F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B531D

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

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