#8B561B#8B561B

#8B561B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.100 H 64.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B561B
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 27)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, 17.00, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 44.66, 67.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.0438 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.1 64)
XYZ	xyz(14.1742, 12.2251, 2.6499)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B561B #1B508B

analogous

#8B1E1B #8B561B #888B1B

triadic

#8B561B #1B8B56 #561B8B

tetradic

#8B561B #1B8B1E #1B508B #8B1B88

square

#8B561B #1B8B1E #1B508B #8B1B88

split-complementary

#8B561B #1B888B #1E1B8B

monochromatic

#251707 #583611 #8B561B #BE7625 #DB9445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8B561B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8B561B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B561B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B561B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B561B	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b561b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.100 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855c',
    500: '#8b561b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b561b;
$custom-light: #b2855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b561b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.607,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50256,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.12224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B561B

secondary

#457EBC

accent

#8FEA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B561B

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

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