#8B5A1F#8B5A1F

#8B5A1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.097 H 66.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A1F
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 31)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 14.84, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 43.15, 69.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% 0.038 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.097 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5521, 12.9016, 3.0199)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A1F #1F508B

analogous

#8B241F #8B5A1F #868B1F

triadic

#8B5A1F #1F8B5A #5A1F8B

tetradic

#8B5A1F #1F8B24 #1F508B #8B1F86

square

#8B5A1F #1F8B24 #1F508B #8B1F86

split-complementary

#8B5A1F #1F868B #241F8B

monochromatic

#271909 #593A14 #8B5A1F #BD7A2A #D7994D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B5A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B5A1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A1F

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A1F	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)

#6A5E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.097 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885f',
    500: '#8b5a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a1f;
$custom-light: #b2885f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.778,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51075,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A1F

secondary

#4C7EBA

accent

#8CE741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A1F

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

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