#8B5422#8B5422

#8B5422 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.097 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5422
RGB	rgb(139, 84, 34)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 18.48, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 41.89, 63.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.0493 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.097 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1077, 11.9465, 3.0760)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5422 #22598B

analogous

#8B2225 #8B5422 #8B8922

triadic

#8B5422 #228B54 #54228B

tetradic

#8B5422 #258B22 #22598B #89228B

square

#8B5422 #258B22 #22598B #89228B

split-complementary

#8B5422 #228B89 #22258B

monochromatic

#29190A #5A3616 #8B5422 #BC722E #D59153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8B5422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8B5422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5422

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5422	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 84, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.097 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28460',
    500: '#8b5422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5422;
$custom-light: #b28460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49933,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5422

secondary

#5087B8

accent

#98E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5422

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

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