#8B551A#8B551A

#8B551A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.101 H 63.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B551A
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 26)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 17.54, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 45.05, 67.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.0453 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.101 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0836, 12.0620, 2.5636)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B551A #1A508B

analogous

#8B1C1A #8B551A #898B1A

triadic

#8B551A #1A8B55 #551A8B

tetradic

#8B551A #1A8B1C #1A508B #8B1A89

square

#8B551A #1A8B1C #1A508B #8B1A89

split-complementary

#8B551A #1A898B #1C1A8B

monochromatic

#241607 #573510 #8B551A #BF7524 #DC9343

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B551A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B551A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B551A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B551A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B551A	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b551a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.101 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855b',
    500: '#8b551a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b551a;
$custom-light: #b2855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b551a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.327,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50055,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B551A

secondary

#447EBD

accent

#90EB3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B551A

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

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