#8D5037#8D5037

#8D5037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.090 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5037
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 23.04, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 34.48, 48.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.0664 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.09 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5438, 11.6773, 5.1017)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5037 #37748D

analogous

#8D3749 #8D5037 #8D7B37

triadic

#8D5037 #378D50 #50378D

tetradic

#8D5037 #498D37 #37748D #7B378D

square

#8D5037 #498D37 #37748D #7B378D

split-complementary

#8D5037 #378D7B #37498D

monochromatic

#351E15 #613726 #8D5037 #B86949 #C98E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8D5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8D5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5037

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5037	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.090 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2826e',
    500: '#8d5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5037;
$custom-light: #b2826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.442,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49742,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5037

secondary

#6E9EB2

accent

#AFD454

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5037

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

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