#8B5321#8B5321

#8B5321 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.098 H 58.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5321
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 19.01, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 42.33, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.73% 0.0507 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(49.73% 0.098 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0164, 11.7867, 2.9755)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5321 #21598B

analogous

#8B2124 #8B5321 #8B8821

triadic

#8B5321 #218B53 #53218B

tetradic

#8B5321 #248B21 #21598B #88218B

square

#8B5321 #248B21 #21598B #88218B

split-complementary

#8B5321 #218B88 #21248B

monochromatic

#28180A #5A3515 #8B5321 #BC712D #D68F51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8B5321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8B5321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5321

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5321	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.098 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835f',
    500: '#8b5321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5321;
$custom-light: #b2835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.302,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49733,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5321

secondary

#4F87B9

accent

#98E543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5321

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

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