#8B531F#8B531F

#8B531F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.099 H 59.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B531F
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 31)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 18.91, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 43.14, 63.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.0501 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.099 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9892, 11.7758, 2.8323)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B531F #1F578B

analogous

#8B1F21 #8B531F #8B891F

triadic

#8B531F #1F8B53 #531F8B

tetradic

#8B531F #218B1F #1F578B #891F8B

square

#8B531F #218B1F #1F578B #891F8B

split-complementary

#8B531F #1F8B89 #1F218B

monochromatic

#271709 #593514 #8B531F #BD712A #D7904D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8B531F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B531F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B531F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B531F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B531F	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)

#645918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b531f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.099 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835e',
    500: '#8b531f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b531f;
$custom-light: #b2835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b531f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49714,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B531F

secondary

#4C85BA

accent

#97E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B531F

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

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