#8B5D1F#8B5D1F

#8B5D1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.097 H 70.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D1F
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 31)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 13.08, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 43.30, 72.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.0329 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.097 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8102, 13.4179, 3.1060)
Luminance	0.1342 (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

#8B5D1F #1F4D8B

analogous

#8B271F #8B5D1F #838B1F

triadic

#8B5D1F #1F8B5D #5D1F8B

tetradic

#8B5D1F #1F8B27 #1F4D8B #8B1F83

square

#8B5D1F #1F8B27 #1F4D8B #8B1F83

split-complementary

#8B5D1F #1F838B #271F8B

monochromatic

#271A09 #593C14 #8B5D1F #BD7E2A #D79C4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8B5D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8B5D1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D1F

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D1F	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)

#6D6016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.097 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5f',
    500: '#8b5d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d1f;
$custom-light: #b18a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51675,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D1F

secondary

#4C7BBA

accent

#88E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D1F

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

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