#8B5625#8B5625

#8B5625 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.095 H 60.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5625
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 37)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 17.47, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 40.59, 64.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.0468 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.095 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3103, 12.2795, 3.3664)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5625 #255A8B

analogous

#8B2527 #8B5625 #8B8925

triadic

#8B5625 #258B56 #56258B

tetradic

#8B5625 #278B25 #255A8B #89258B

square

#8B5625 #278B25 #255A8B #89258B

split-complementary

#8B5625 #258B89 #25278B

monochromatic

#2A1A0B #5B3818 #8B5625 #BB7432 #D39358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8B5625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8B5625 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5625

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5625	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.095 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18662',
    500: '#8b5625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5625;
$custom-light: #b18662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.824,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5035,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5625

secondary

#5588B7

accent

#97E147

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5625

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

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