#8B551C#8B551C

#8B551C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.100 H 62.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B551C
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 28)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 17.62, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 44.28, 66.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.0458 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.1 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1067, 12.0712, 2.6854)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B551C #1C528B

analogous

#8B1E1C #8B551C #898B1C

triadic

#8B551C #1C8B55 #551C8B

tetradic

#8B551C #1C8B1E #1C528B #8B1C89

square

#8B551C #1C8B1E #1C528B #8B1C89

split-complementary

#8B551C #1C898B #1E1C8B

monochromatic

#251707 #583612 #8B551C #BE7426 #DA9347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B551C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B551C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B551C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B551C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B551C	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)

#665A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b551c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.100 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855c',
    500: '#8b551c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b551c;
$custom-light: #b2855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b551c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.811,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50071,
    "c": 0.09993,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B551C

secondary

#4780BC

accent

#92E93E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B551C

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

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