#8B5D1A#8B5D1A

#8B5D1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.099 H 71.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D1A
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 26)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 12.87, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 45.26, 73.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.0316 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.099 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7494, 13.3936, 2.7855)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D1A #1A488B

analogous

#8B241A #8B5D1A #818B1A

triadic

#8B5D1A #1A8B5D #5D1A8B

tetradic

#8B5D1A #1A8B24 #1A488B #8B1A81

square

#8B5D1A #1A8B24 #1A488B #8B1A81

split-complementary

#8B5D1A #1A818B #241A8B

monochromatic

#241807 #573B10 #8B5D1A #BF7F24 #DC9E43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8B5D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8B5D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D1A

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D1A	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D600F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.099 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a5c',
    500: '#8b5d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d1a;
$custom-light: #b28a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.575,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51636,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D1A

secondary

#4475BD

accent

#84EB3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D1A

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

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