#8B7159#8B7159

#8B7159 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.048 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7159
RGB	rgb(139, 113, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(29, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 6.59, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 18.40, 69.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0208 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.048 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3562, 18.0213, 11.9608)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7159 #59738B

analogous

#8B595A #8B7159 #8B8A59

triadic

#8B7159 #598B71 #71598B

tetradic

#8B7159 #5A8B59 #59738B #8A598B

square

#8B7159 #5A8B59 #59738B #8A598B

split-complementary

#8B7159 #598B8A #595A8B

monochromatic

#403429 #665341 #8B7159 #A99078 #C1AF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8B7159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8B7159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7159

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7159	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 113, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.048 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9988',
    500: '#8b7159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7159;
$custom-light: #ae9988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.8,
    "s": 21.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.04809,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7159

secondary

#91A0AE

accent

#96BE69

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2EF

border

#CECCCA

text

#100E0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7159

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

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