#8B562B#8B562B

#8B562B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.091 H 57.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B562B
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 43)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 17.83, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 38.01, 62.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0488 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.091 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4124, 12.3203, 3.9041)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B562B #2B608B

analogous

#8B2B30 #8B562B #8B862B

triadic

#8B562B #2B8B56 #562B8B

tetradic

#8B562B #308B2B #2B608B #862B8B

square

#8B562B #308B2B #2B608B #862B8B

split-complementary

#8B562B #2B8B86 #2B308B

monochromatic

#2E1C0E #5C391D #8B562B #BA7339 #CE9362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8B562B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8B562B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B562B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B562B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B562B	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b562b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.091 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18666',
    500: '#8b562b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b562b;
$custom-light: #b18666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b562b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50419,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B562B

secondary

#5D8DB5

accent

#9BDC4C

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B562B

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

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