#8B591D#8B591D

#8B591D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.098 H 66.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B591D
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 29)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 15.33, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 43.92, 69.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.0392 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.098 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4428, 12.7238, 2.8575)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B591D #1D4F8B

analogous

#8B221D #8B591D #868B1D

triadic

#8B591D #1D8B59 #591D8B

tetradic

#8B591D #1D8B22 #1D4F8B #8B1D86

square

#8B591D #1D8B22 #1D4F8B #8B1D86

split-complementary

#8B591D #1D868B #221D8B

monochromatic

#261808 #583912 #8B591D #BE7928 #D99849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8B591D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B591D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B591D

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B591D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B591D	1.00	5.92	3.54	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b591d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.098 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885d',
    500: '#8b591d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b591d;
$custom-light: #b2885d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b591d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5086,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B591D

secondary

#497DBB

accent

#8CE83F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B591D

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

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