#8B5929#8B5929

#8B5929 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.091 H 62.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5929
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 41)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 15.95, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 38.86, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0429 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.091 62)
XYZ	xyz(14.6212, 12.7952, 3.7971)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5929 #295B8B

analogous

#8B292A #8B5929 #8B8A29

triadic

#8B5929 #298B59 #59298B

tetradic

#8B5929 #2A8B29 #295B8B #8A298B

square

#8B5929 #2A8B29 #295B8B #8A298B

split-complementary

#8B5929 #298B8A #292A8B

monochromatic

#2C1C0D #5C3B1B #8B5929 #BA7737 #D0965F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8B5929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8B5929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5929

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5929	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.091 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18865',
    500: '#8b5929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5929;
$custom-light: #b18865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.388,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50979,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.12794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5929

secondary

#5B89B5

accent

#95DE4A

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5929

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

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