#8B5437#8B5437

#8B5437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.085 H 47.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5437
RGB	rgb(139, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 19.87, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 33.07, 53.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.0569 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.085 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5084, 12.1068, 5.1864)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5437 #376E8B

analogous

#8B3744 #8B5437 #8B7E37

triadic

#8B5437 #378B54 #54378B

tetradic

#8B5437 #448B37 #376E8B #7E378B

square

#8B5437 #448B37 #376E8B #7E378B

split-complementary

#8B5437 #378B7E #37448B

monochromatic

#331F14 #5F3A26 #8B5437 #B76F48 #C89174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8B5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5437

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5437	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.085 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0846e',
    500: '#8b5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5437;
$custom-light: #b0846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.714,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50212,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5437

secondary

#6D99B1

accent

#A7D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5437

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

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