#8B5E2D#8B5E2D

#8B5E2D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.087 H 66.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E2D
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 45)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 13.29, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 37.26, 69.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.0356 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.087 66)
XYZ	xyz(15.1248, 13.6851, 4.3270)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E2D #2D5A8B

analogous

#8B2F2D #8B5E2D #898B2D

triadic

#8B5E2D #2D8B5E #5E2D8B

tetradic

#8B5E2D #2D8B2F #2D5A8B #8B2D89

square

#8B5E2D #2D8B2F #2D5A8B #8B2D89

split-complementary

#8B5E2D #2D898B #2F2D8B

monochromatic

#2F1F0F #5D3F1E #8B5E2D #B97D3C #CD9B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8B5E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B5E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E2D

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E2D	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.087 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b68',
    500: '#8b5e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e2d;
$custom-light: #b18b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.277,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52023,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.13684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E2D

secondary

#6088B4

accent

#91DB4D

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E2D

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

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