#8B551B#8B551B

#8B551B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.100 H 63.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B551B
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 17.58, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 44.67, 66.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.0456 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.1 63)
XYZ	xyz(14.0950, 12.0665, 2.6235)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B551B #1B518B

analogous

#8B1D1B #8B551B #898B1B

triadic

#8B551B #1B8B55 #551B8B

tetradic

#8B551B #1B8B1D #1B518B #8B1B89

square

#8B551B #1B8B1D #1B518B #8B1B89

split-complementary

#8B551B #1B898B #1D1B8B

monochromatic

#251607 #583611 #8B551B #BE7425 #DB9345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B551B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B551B	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)

#665A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.100 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855c',
    500: '#8b551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b551b;
$custom-light: #b2855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50063,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.12065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B551B

secondary

#457FBC

accent

#91EA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B551B

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

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