#8B5938#8B5938

#8B5938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.081 H 53.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5938
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 17.04, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 32.27, 58.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.0485 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.081 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9346, 12.9206, 5.4480)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5938 #386A8B

analogous

#8B3841 #8B5938 #8B8238

triadic

#8B5938 #388B59 #59388B

tetradic

#8B5938 #418B38 #386A8B #82388B

square

#8B5938 #418B38 #386A8B #82388B

split-complementary

#8B5938 #388B82 #38418B

monochromatic

#342115 #5F3D26 #8B5938 #B6754A #C89676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8B5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B5938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5938

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5938	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)

#675E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.081 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886f',
    500: '#8b5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5938;
$custom-light: #b0886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.855,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51188,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5938

secondary

#6E96B1

accent

#A1D255

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5938

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

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