#8B5921#8B5921

#8B5921 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.096 H 65.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5921
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 33)
HSL	hsl(32, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 15.52, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 42.30, 68.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.0403 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.096 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4955, 12.7449, 3.1352)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5921 #21538B

analogous

#8B2421 #8B5921 #888B21

triadic

#8B5921 #218B59 #59218B

tetradic

#8B5921 #218B24 #21538B #8B2188

square

#8B5921 #218B24 #21538B #8B2188

split-complementary

#8B5921 #21888B #24218B

monochromatic

#281A0A #5A3915 #8B5921 #BC792D #D69751

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8B5921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B5921 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5921

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5921	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)

#695D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.096 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28860',
    500: '#8b5921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5921;
$custom-light: #b28860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.698,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50895,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5921

secondary

#4F81B9

accent

#8FE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5921

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

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