#8B5932#8B5932

#8B5932 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.085 H 57.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5932
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 50)
HSL	hsl(26, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 16.56, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 34.89, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.0461 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.085 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7966, 12.8653, 4.7210)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5932 #32648B

analogous

#8B3238 #8B5932 #8B8632

triadic

#8B5932 #328B59 #59328B

tetradic

#8B5932 #388B32 #32648B #86328B

square

#8B5932 #388B32 #32648B #86328B

split-complementary

#8B5932 #328B86 #32388B

monochromatic

#311F12 #5E3C22 #8B5932 #B87642 #CA966D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5932

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5932	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)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.085 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886b',
    500: '#8b5932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5932;
$custom-light: #b0886b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.292,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51096,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5932

secondary

#6791B2

accent

#9CD751

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5932

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

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