#8B591B#8B591B

#8B591B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.099 H 67.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B591B
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 15.25, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 44.70, 70.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0387 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.099 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4188, 12.7142, 2.7314)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B591B #1B4D8B

analogous

#8B211B #8B591B #858B1B

triadic

#8B591B #1B8B59 #591B8B

tetradic

#8B591B #1B8B21 #1B4D8B #8B1B85

square

#8B591B #1B8B21 #1B4D8B #8B1B85

split-complementary

#8B591B #1B858B #211B8B

monochromatic

#251707 #583811 #8B591B #BE7A25 #DB9845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B591B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B591B	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)

#695D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.099 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885c',
    500: '#8b591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b591b;
$custom-light: #b2885c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.214,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50844,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B591B

secondary

#457BBC

accent

#8BEA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B591B

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

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