#8B591E#8B591E

#8B591E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.098 H 66.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B591E
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 30)
HSL	hsl(32, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.35, 15.37, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.35, 43.52, 69.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.0395 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.098 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4553, 12.7288, 2.9237)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B591E #1E508B

analogous

#8B221E #8B591E #868B1E

triadic

#8B591E #1E8B59 #591E8B

tetradic

#8B591E #1E8B22 #1E508B #8B1E86

square

#8B591E #1E8B22 #1E508B #8B1E86

split-complementary

#8B591E #1E868B #221E8B

monochromatic

#261908 #593913 #8B591E #BD7929 #D8984B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8B591E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B591E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B591E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B591E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B591E	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b591e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.098 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885e',
    500: '#8b591e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b591e;
$custom-light: #b2885e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b591e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.477,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50869,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B591E

secondary

#4A7EBB

accent

#8DE740

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B591E

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

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