#8D5237#8D5237

#8D5237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.089 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5237
RGB	rgb(141, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 21.89, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 34.18, 50.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.0629 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.089 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6924, 11.9746, 5.1512)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5237 #37728D

analogous

#8D3747 #8D5237 #8D7D37

triadic

#8D5237 #378D52 #52378D

tetradic

#8D5237 #478D37 #37728D #7D378D

square

#8D5237 #478D37 #37728D #7D378D

split-complementary

#8D5237 #378D7D #37478D

monochromatic

#351F15 #613826 #8D5237 #B86C49 #C99075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8D5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8D5237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5237

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5237	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.089 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2836e',
    500: '#8d5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5237;
$custom-light: #b2836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.837,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50109,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5237

secondary

#6E9DB2

accent

#ACD454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5237

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

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