#8D501B#8D501B

#8D501B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.104 H 57.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D501B
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 21.38, 40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 45.59, 62.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.0567 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.104 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0522, 11.4807, 2.5127)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D501B #1B588D

analogous

#8D1B1F #8D501B #8D891B

triadic

#8D501B #1B8D50 #501B8D

tetradic

#8D501B #1F8D1B #1B588D #891B8D

square

#8D501B #1F8D1B #1B588D #891B8D

split-complementary

#8D501B #1B8D89 #1B1F8D

monochromatic

#261607 #5A3311 #8D501B #C06D25 #DC8C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8D501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8D501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D501B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D501B	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.104 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4815b',
    500: '#8d501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d501b;
$custom-light: #b4815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49393,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D501B

secondary

#4686BD

accent

#9AEB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D501B

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

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