#8B5F1D#8B5F1D

#8B5F1D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.098 H 72.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F1D
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 29)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 11.82, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 44.26, 74.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.0289 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.098 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9625, 13.7634, 3.0307)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5F1D #1D498B

analogous

#8B281D #8B5F1D #808B1D

triadic

#8B5F1D #1D8B5F #5F1D8B

tetradic

#8B5F1D #1D8B28 #1D498B #8B1D80

square

#8B5F1D #1D8B28 #1D498B #8B1D80

split-complementary

#8B5F1D #1D808B #281D8B

monochromatic

#261A08 #583C12 #8B5F1D #BE8228 #D9A049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B5F1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B5F1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F1D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F1D	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.098 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18c5e',
    500: '#8b5f1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f1d;
$custom-light: #b18c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52064,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F1D

secondary

#4976BB

accent

#83E83F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F1D

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

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