#8B5930#8B5930

#8B5930 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.087 H 58.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5930
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 48)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 16.42, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 35.77, 62.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.0454 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.087 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7544, 12.8485, 4.4987)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5930 #30628B

analogous

#8B3035 #8B5930 #8B8730

triadic

#8B5930 #308B59 #59308B

tetradic

#8B5930 #358B30 #30628B #87308B

square

#8B5930 #358B30 #30628B #87308B

split-complementary

#8B5930 #308B87 #30358B

monochromatic

#301F11 #5E3C20 #8B5930 #B87640 #CC966A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5930

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5930	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.087 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1886a',
    500: '#8b5930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5930;
$custom-light: #b1886a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.033,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51068,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5930

secondary

#648FB3

accent

#9BD850

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5930

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

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