#8C591E#8C591E

#8C591E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.099 H 65.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C591E
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 30)
HSL	hsl(32, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 15.83, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 43.85, 68.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0408 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.099 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6231, 12.8153, 2.9315)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C591E #1E518C

analogous

#8C221E #8C591E #888C1E

triadic

#8C591E #1E8C59 #591E8C

tetradic

#8C591E #1E8C22 #1E518C #8C1E88

square

#8C591E #1E8C22 #1E518C #8C1E88

split-complementary

#8C591E #1E888C #221E8C

monochromatic

#271908 #5A3913 #8C591E #BE7929 #D9974C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8C591E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8C591E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C591E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C591E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C591E	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c591e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.099 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885e',
    500: '#8c591e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c591e;
$custom-light: #b2885e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c591e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50999,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C591E

secondary

#4B7FBB

accent

#8EE840

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C591E

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

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