#8B5E1F#8B5E1F

#8B5E1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.097 H 71.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E1F
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 31)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 12.50, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 43.38, 73.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.0312 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.097 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8986, 13.5946, 3.1354)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E1F #1F4C8B

analogous

#8B281F #8B5E1F #828B1F

triadic

#8B5E1F #1F8B5E #5E1F8B

tetradic

#8B5E1F #1F8B28 #1F4C8B #8B1F82

square

#8B5E1F #1F8B28 #1F4C8B #8B1F82

split-complementary

#8B5E1F #1F828B #281F8B

monochromatic

#271A09 #593C14 #8B5E1F #BD802A #D79E4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8B5E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8B5E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E1F

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E1F	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)

#6D6116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.097 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5f',
    500: '#8b5e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e1f;
$custom-light: #b18b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51878,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E1F

secondary

#4C7ABA

accent

#86E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E1F

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

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