#8B551F#8B551F

#8B551F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.098 H 61.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B551F
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(30, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 17.75, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 43.09, 65.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0466 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.098 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1444, 12.0863, 2.8840)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B551F #1F558B

analogous

#8B1F1F #8B551F #8B8B1F

triadic

#8B551F #1F8B55 #551F8B

tetradic

#8B551F #1F8B1F #1F558B #8B1F8B

square

#8B551F #1F8B1F #1F558B #8B1F8B

split-complementary

#8B551F #1F8B8B #1F1F8B

monochromatic

#271809 #593614 #8B551F #BD742A #D7924D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B551F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B551F	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)

#665A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.098 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855e',
    500: '#8b551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b551f;
$custom-light: #b2855e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50097,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B551F

secondary

#4C83BA

accent

#94E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B551F

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

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