#8B5325#8B5325

#8B5325 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.096 H 57.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5325
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 37)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 19.22, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 40.67, 61.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.052 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.096 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0758, 11.8105, 3.2883)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5325 #255D8B

analogous

#8B252A #8B5325 #8B8625

triadic

#8B5325 #258B53 #53258B

tetradic

#8B5325 #2A8B25 #255D8B #86258B

square

#8B5325 #2A8B25 #255D8B #86258B

split-complementary

#8B5325 #258B86 #252A8B

monochromatic

#2A190B #5B3618 #8B5325 #BB7032 #D38F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8B5325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8B5325 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5325

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5325	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)

#645920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.096 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28362',
    500: '#8b5325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5325;
$custom-light: #b28362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49774,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5325

secondary

#558BB7

accent

#9BE147

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5325

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

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