#8B5F1E#8B5F1E

#8B5F1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.097 H 72.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F1E
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 30)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 11.87, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 43.86, 74.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.0292 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.097 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9751, 13.7684, 3.0969)
Luminance	0.1377 (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

#8B5F1E #1E4A8B

analogous

#8B291E #8B5F1E #808B1E

triadic

#8B5F1E #1E8B5F #5F1E8B

tetradic

#8B5F1E #1E8B29 #1E4A8B #8B1E80

square

#8B5F1E #1E8B29 #1E4A8B #8B1E80

split-complementary

#8B5F1E #1E808B #291E8B

monochromatic

#261A08 #593D13 #8B5F1E #BD8129 #D89F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8B5F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B5F1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F1E

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F1E	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.097 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18c5f',
    500: '#8b5f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f1e;
$custom-light: #b18c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52072,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F1E

secondary

#4A78BB

accent

#84E740

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F1E

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

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