#8B5A2F#8B5A2F

#8B5A2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.087 H 60.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A2F
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 47)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 15.76, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 36.21, 64.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0433 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.087 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8177, 13.0079, 4.4191)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A2F #2F608B

analogous

#8B2F32 #8B5A2F #8B882F

triadic

#8B5A2F #2F8B5A #5A2F8B

tetradic

#8B5A2F #328B2F #2F608B #882F8B

square

#8B5A2F #328B2F #2F608B #882F8B

split-complementary

#8B5A2F #2F8B88 #2F328B

monochromatic

#301F10 #5D3C20 #8B5A2F #B9783E #CC9768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8B5A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8B5A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A2F

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A2F	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.087 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18869',
    500: '#8b5a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a2f;
$custom-light: #b18869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.043,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51251,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A2F

secondary

#638EB3

accent

#98D94F

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A2F

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