#8B591C#8B591C

#8B591C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.099 H 66.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B591C
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 15.29, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 44.31, 69.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.0389 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.099 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4306, 12.7189, 2.7934)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B591C #1C4E8B

analogous

#8B211C #8B591C #858B1C

triadic

#8B591C #1C8B59 #591C8B

tetradic

#8B591C #1C8B21 #1C4E8B #8B1C85

square

#8B591C #1C8B21 #1C4E8B #8B1C85

split-complementary

#8B591C #1C858B #211C8B

monochromatic

#251807 #583812 #8B591C #BE7A26 #DA9847

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B591C

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B591C	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)

#695D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.099 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885d',
    500: '#8b591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b591c;
$custom-light: #b2885d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.973,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50852,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B591C

secondary

#477CBC

accent

#8BE93E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B591C

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

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