#8B551D#8B551D

#8B551D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.099 H 62.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B551D
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 17.66, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 43.89, 66.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0461 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.099 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1189, 12.0761, 2.7495)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B551D #1D538B

analogous

#8B1E1D #8B551D #8A8B1D

triadic

#8B551D #1D8B55 #551D8B

tetradic

#8B551D #1D8B1E #1D538B #8B1D8A

square

#8B551D #1D8B1E #1D538B #8B1D8A

split-complementary

#8B551D #1D8A8B #1E1D8B

monochromatic

#261708 #583612 #8B551D #BE7428 #D99349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B551D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B551D	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.099 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855d',
    500: '#8b551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b551d;
$custom-light: #b2855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50079,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B551D

secondary

#4981BB

accent

#92E83F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B551D

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

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