#8B5331#8B5331

#8B5331 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.089 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5331
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 19.98, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 35.62, 55.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.0563 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.089 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2962, 11.8986, 4.4489)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5331 #31698B

analogous

#8B313C #8B5331 #8B8031

triadic

#8B5331 #318B53 #53318B

tetradic

#8B5331 #3C8B31 #31698B #80318B

square

#8B5331 #3C8B31 #31698B #80318B

split-complementary

#8B5331 #318B80 #313C8B

monochromatic

#311D11 #5E3821 #8B5331 #B86E41 #CB906B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8B5331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B5331 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5331

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5331	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.089 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1846a',
    500: '#8b5331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5331;
$custom-light: #b1846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49929,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5331

secondary

#6595B2

accent

#A4D750

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5331

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

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