#8B5E1A#8B5E1A

#8B5E1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.099 H 72.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E1A
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 26)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, 12.28, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 45.33, 74.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.0299 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.099 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8377, 13.5703, 2.8150)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E1A #1A478B

analogous

#8B251A #8B5E1A #808B1A

triadic

#8B5E1A #1A8B5E #5E1A8B

tetradic

#8B5E1A #1A8B25 #1A478B #8B1A80

square

#8B5E1A #1A8B25 #1A478B #8B1A80

split-complementary

#8B5E1A #1A808B #251A8B

monochromatic

#241807 #573B10 #8B5E1A #BF8124 #DC9F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8B5E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B5E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E1A

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E1A	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E610E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.099 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28b5c',
    500: '#8b5e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e1a;
$custom-light: #b28b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.106,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51839,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E1A

secondary

#4474BD

accent

#82EB3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E1A

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

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