#8B5E1B#8B5E1B

#8B5E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.099 H 72.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E1B
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 27)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.62, 12.32, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.62, 44.95, 74.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.0301 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.099 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8491, 13.5748, 2.8749)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E1B #1B488B

analogous

#8B261B #8B5E1B #808B1B

triadic

#8B5E1B #1B8B5E #5E1B8B

tetradic

#8B5E1B #1B8B26 #1B488B #8B1B80

square

#8B5E1B #1B8B26 #1B488B #8B1B80

split-complementary

#8B5E1B #1B808B #261B8B

monochromatic

#251907 #583B11 #8B5E1B #BE8125 #DB9F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8B5E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B5E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E1B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E1B	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)

#6E6110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.099 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28b5d',
    500: '#8b5e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e1b;
$custom-light: #b28b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.893,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51846,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E1B

secondary

#4575BC

accent

#83EA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E1B

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

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