#8B5925#8B5925

#8B5925 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.094 H 63.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5925
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 37)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 15.72, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 40.60, 67.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.0416 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.094 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5549, 12.7687, 3.4480)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5925 #25578B

analogous

#8B2625 #8B5925 #8A8B25

triadic

#8B5925 #258B59 #59258B

tetradic

#8B5925 #258B26 #25578B #8B258A

square

#8B5925 #258B26 #25578B #8B258A

split-complementary

#8B5925 #258A8B #26258B

monochromatic

#2A1B0B #5B3A18 #8B5925 #BB7832 #D39658

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8B5925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B5925 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5925

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5925	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.094 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18862',
    500: '#8b5925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5925;
$custom-light: #b18862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.588,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50935,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5925

secondary

#5585B7

accent

#92E147

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5925

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

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