#8B5920#8B5920

#8B5920 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.097 H 65.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5920
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 32)
HSL	hsl(32, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 15.47, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 42.71, 68.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.04 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.097 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4817, 12.7394, 3.0625)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5920 #20528B

analogous

#8B2420 #8B5920 #878B20

triadic

#8B5920 #208B59 #59208B

tetradic

#8B5920 #208B24 #20528B #8B2087

square

#8B5920 #208B24 #20528B #8B2087

split-complementary

#8B5920 #20878B #24208B

monochromatic

#281909 #593915 #8B5920 #BD792B #D6974F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8B5920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B5920 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5920

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5920	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)

#695D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.097 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885f',
    500: '#8b5920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5920;
$custom-light: #b2885f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.963,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50886,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5920

secondary

#4D80BA

accent

#8FE642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5920

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

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