#8B5E1E#8B5E1E

#8B5E1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.097 H 71.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E1E
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 30)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 12.45, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 43.78, 73.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.0309 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.097 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8856, 13.5894, 3.0671)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E1E #1E4B8B

analogous

#8B271E #8B5E1E #818B1E

triadic

#8B5E1E #1E8B5E #5E1E8B

tetradic

#8B5E1E #1E8B27 #1E4B8B #8B1E81

square

#8B5E1E #1E8B27 #1E4B8B #8B1E81

split-complementary

#8B5E1E #1E818B #271E8B

monochromatic

#261A08 #593C13 #8B5E1E #BD8029 #D89E4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8B5E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8B5E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E1E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E1E	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.097 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5f',
    500: '#8b5e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e1e;
$custom-light: #b18b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51869,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E1E

secondary

#4A79BB

accent

#85E740

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E1E

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

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