#8B561D#8B561D

#8B561D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.099 H 63.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B561D
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 29)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 17.08, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 43.88, 67.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0444 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.099 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1982, 12.2347, 2.7759)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B561D #1D528B

analogous

#8B1F1D #8B561D #898B1D

triadic

#8B561D #1D8B56 #561D8B

tetradic

#8B561D #1D8B1F #1D528B #8B1D89

square

#8B561D #1D8B1F #1D528B #8B1D89

split-complementary

#8B561D #1D898B #1F1D8B

monochromatic

#261708 #583712 #8B561D #BE7528 #D99449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8B561D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8B561D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B561D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B561D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B561D	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b561d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.099 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855d',
    500: '#8b561d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b561d;
$custom-light: #b2855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b561d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50273,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B561D

secondary

#4980BB

accent

#91E83F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B561D

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

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