#8B581B#8B581B

#8B581B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.100 H 66.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B581B
RGB	rgb(139, 88, 27)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 15.83, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 44.68, 69.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.0404 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.1 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3362, 12.5489, 2.7039)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B581B #1B4E8B

analogous

#8B201B #8B581B #868B1B

triadic

#8B581B #1B8B58 #581B8B

tetradic

#8B581B #1B8B20 #1B4E8B #8B1B86

square

#8B581B #1B8B20 #1B4E8B #8B1B86

split-complementary

#8B581B #1B868B #201B8B

monochromatic

#251707 #583811 #8B581B #BE7825 #DB9745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8B581B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8B581B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B581B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B581B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B581B	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b581b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 88, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.100 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2875c',
    500: '#8b581b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b581b;
$custom-light: #b2875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b581b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.679,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50647,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B581B

secondary

#457CBC

accent

#8CEA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B581B

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

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