#8B5936#8B5936

#8B5936 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.083 H 54.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5936
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 54)
HSL	hsl(25, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 16.87, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 33.13, 59.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.0477 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.083 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8867, 12.9014, 5.1955)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5936 #36688B

analogous

#8B363D #8B5936 #8B8336

triadic

#8B5936 #368B59 #59368B

tetradic

#8B5936 #3D8B36 #36688B #83368B

square

#8B5936 #3D8B36 #36688B #83368B

split-complementary

#8B5936 #368B83 #363D8B

monochromatic

#332114 #5F3D25 #8B5936 #B77547 #C99673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B5936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B5936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5936

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5936	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.083 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886e',
    500: '#8b5936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5936;
$custom-light: #b0886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51156,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5936

secondary

#6C95B1

accent

#9FD454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5936

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

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