#8B591A#8B591A

#8B591A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.100 H 67.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B591A
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 26)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 15.21, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 45.08, 70.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0384 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.1 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4074, 12.7097, 2.6715)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B591A #1A4C8B

analogous

#8B201A #8B591A #858B1A

triadic

#8B591A #1A8B59 #591A8B

tetradic

#8B591A #1A8B20 #1A4C8B #8B1A85

square

#8B591A #1A8B20 #1A4C8B #8B1A85

split-complementary

#8B591A #1A858B #201A8B

monochromatic

#241707 #573810 #8B591A #BF7A24 #DC9843

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B591A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B591A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B591A

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B591A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B591A	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b591a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.100 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885c',
    500: '#8b591a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b591a;
$custom-light: #b2885c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b591a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.451,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50837,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B591A

secondary

#4479BD

accent

#8AEB3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B591A

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

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