#8B531E#8B531E

#8B531E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.100 H 60.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B531E
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 30)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 18.87, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 43.54, 64.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.0498 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.1 60)
XYZ	xyz(13.9762, 11.7707, 2.7640)
Luminance	0.1177 (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

#8B531E #1E568B

analogous

#8B1E20 #8B531E #8B891E

triadic

#8B531E #1E8B53 #531E8B

tetradic

#8B531E #208B1E #1E568B #891E8B

square

#8B531E #208B1E #1E568B #891E8B

split-complementary

#8B531E #1E8B89 #1E208B

monochromatic

#261708 #593513 #8B531E #BD7129 #D8904B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8B531E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B531E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B531E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B531E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B531E	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)

#645917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b531e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.100 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835d',
    500: '#8b531e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b531e;
$custom-light: #b2835d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b531e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.174,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49704,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.11769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B531E

secondary

#4A84BB

accent

#96E740

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B531E

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

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