#8B5322#8B5322

#8B5322 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.098 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5322
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 19.06, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 41.92, 62.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.051 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.098 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0306, 11.7924, 3.0503)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5322 #225A8B

analogous

#8B2226 #8B5322 #8B8822

triadic

#8B5322 #228B53 #53228B

tetradic

#8B5322 #268B22 #225A8B #88228B

square

#8B5322 #268B22 #225A8B #88228B

split-complementary

#8B5322 #228B88 #22268B

monochromatic

#29180A #5A3616 #8B5322 #BC702E #D58F53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8B5322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8B5322 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5322

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5322	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.098 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28360',
    500: '#8b5322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5322;
$custom-light: #b28360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49743,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5322

secondary

#5088B8

accent

#99E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5322

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

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