#8B5937#8B5937

#8B5937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.082 H 54.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5937
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 16.95, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 32.70, 58.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.0481 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.082 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9104, 12.9109, 5.3205)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5937 #37698B

analogous

#8B373F #8B5937 #8B8337

triadic

#8B5937 #378B59 #59378B

tetradic

#8B5937 #3F8B37 #37698B #83378B

square

#8B5937 #3F8B37 #37698B #83378B

split-complementary

#8B5937 #378B83 #373F8B

monochromatic

#332114 #5F3D26 #8B5937 #B77548 #C89674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8B5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B5937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5937

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5937	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.082 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886e',
    500: '#8b5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5937;
$custom-light: #b0886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51172,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5937

secondary

#6D95B1

accent

#A0D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5937

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

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