#8B5933#8B5933

#8B5933 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.085 H 56.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5933
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 51)
HSL	hsl(26, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 16.64, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 34.45, 61.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.0465 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.085 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8184, 12.8741, 4.8358)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5933 #33658B

analogous

#8B3339 #8B5933 #8B8533

triadic

#8B5933 #338B59 #59338B

tetradic

#8B5933 #398B33 #33658B #85338B

square

#8B5933 #398B33 #33658B #85338B

split-complementary

#8B5933 #338B85 #33398B

monochromatic

#312012 #5E3C23 #8B5933 #B87643 #CA966E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B5933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5933 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5933

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5933	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.085 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886c',
    500: '#8b5933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5933;
$custom-light: #b0886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.909,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51111,
    "c": 0.08465,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5933

secondary

#6892B2

accent

#9DD652

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5933

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

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