#8B5D1E#8B5D1E

#8B5D1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.097 H 70.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D1E
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 30)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 13.04, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 43.71, 72.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.0326 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.097 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7973, 13.4127, 3.0376)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D1E #1E4C8B

analogous

#8B261E #8B5D1E #828B1E

triadic

#8B5D1E #1E8B5D #5D1E8B

tetradic

#8B5D1E #1E8B26 #1E4C8B #8B1E82

square

#8B5D1E #1E8B26 #1E4C8B #8B1E82

split-complementary

#8B5D1E #1E828B #261E8B

monochromatic

#261A08 #593B13 #8B5D1E #BD7F29 #D89D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8B5D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8B5D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D1E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D1E	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.097 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5e',
    500: '#8b5d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d1e;
$custom-light: #b18a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.679,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51667,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D1E

secondary

#4A7ABB

accent

#87E740

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D1E

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

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