#8B5C1F#8B5C1F

#8B5C1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.097 H 69.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5C1F
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 31)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 13.67, 41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 43.24, 71.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.0346 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.097 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7230, 13.2435, 3.0769)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5C1F #1F4E8B

analogous

#8B261F #8B5C1F #848B1F

triadic

#8B5C1F #1F8B5C #5C1F8B

tetradic

#8B5C1F #1F8B26 #1F4E8B #8B1F84

square

#8B5C1F #1F8B26 #1F4E8B #8B1F84

split-complementary

#8B5C1F #1F848B #261F8B

monochromatic

#271A09 #593B14 #8B5C1F #BD7D2A #D79B4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8B5C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8B5C1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5C1F

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5C1F	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.097 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5f',
    500: '#8b5c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5c1f;
$custom-light: #b18a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.889,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51474,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5C1F

secondary

#4C7CBA

accent

#89E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5C1F

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

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