#8D551B#8D551B

#8D551B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.102 H 61.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D551B
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 18.49, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 45.36, 65.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.0481 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.102 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4321, 12.2403, 2.6393)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D551B #1B538D

analogous

#8D1C1B #8D551B #8C8D1B

triadic

#8D551B #1B8D55 #551B8D

tetradic

#8D551B #1B8D1C #1B538D #8D1B8C

square

#8D551B #1B8D1C #1B538D #8D1B8C

split-complementary

#8D551B #1B8C8D #1C1B8D

monochromatic

#261707 #5A3611 #8D551B #C07425 #DC9347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8D551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8D551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D551B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D551B	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.102 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4855c',
    500: '#8d551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d551b;
$custom-light: #b4855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50333,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D551B

secondary

#4681BD

accent

#92EB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D551B

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

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