#8B5820#8B5820

#8B5820 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.097 H 64.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5820
RGB	rgb(139, 88, 32)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 16.05, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 42.69, 67.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.0418 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.097 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3990, 12.5741, 3.0349)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5820 #20538B

analogous

#8B2220 #8B5820 #888B20

triadic

#8B5820 #208B58 #58208B

tetradic

#8B5820 #208B22 #20538B #8B2088

square

#8B5820 #208B22 #20538B #8B2088

split-complementary

#8B5820 #20888B #22208B

monochromatic

#281909 #593915 #8B5820 #BD772B #D6964F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8B5820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8B5820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5820

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5820	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)

#685C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 88, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.097 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2875f',
    500: '#8b5820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5820;
$custom-light: #b2875f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50689,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5820

secondary

#4D81BA

accent

#90E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5820

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

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