#8C591B#8C591B

#8C591B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.100 H 66.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C591B
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 15.71, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 45.02, 69.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.04 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.1 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5866, 12.8007, 2.7393)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C591B #1B4E8C

analogous

#8C201B #8C591B #878C1B

triadic

#8C591B #1B8C59 #591B8C

tetradic

#8C591B #1B8C20 #1B4E8C #8C1B87

square

#8C591B #1B8C20 #1B4E8C #8C1B87

split-complementary

#8C591B #1B878C #201B8C

monochromatic

#251807 #593811 #8C591B #BF7A25 #DB9846

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8C591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8C591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C591B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C591B	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.100 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3885c',
    500: '#8c591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c591b;
$custom-light: #b3885c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.92,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50975,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C591B

secondary

#467CBD

accent

#8BEB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C591B

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

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