#8B5B1A#8B5B1A

#8B5B1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.100 H 69.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5B1A
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 26)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 14.04, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 45.15, 71.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% 0.035 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.1 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5761, 13.0471, 2.7278)
Luminance	0.1305 (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

#8B5B1A #1A4A8B

analogous

#8B221A #8B5B1A #838B1A

triadic

#8B5B1A #1A8B5B #5B1A8B

tetradic

#8B5B1A #1A8B22 #1A4A8B #8B1A83

square

#8B5B1A #1A8B22 #1A4A8B #8B1A83

split-complementary

#8B5B1A #1A838B #221A8B

monochromatic

#241707 #573910 #8B5B1A #BF7D24 #DC9B43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8B5B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8B5B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5B1A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5B1A	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.100 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2895c',
    500: '#8b5b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5b1a;
$custom-light: #b2895c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.513,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51234,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5B1A

secondary

#4477BD

accent

#87EB3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5B1A

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

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