#8D551D#8D551D

#8D551D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.101 H 61.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D551D
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 18.57, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 44.59, 65.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.0486 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.101 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4560, 12.2499, 2.7653)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D551D #1D558D

analogous

#8D1D1D #8D551D #8D8D1D

triadic

#8D551D #1D8D55 #551D8D

tetradic

#8D551D #1D8D1D #1D558D #8D1D8D

square

#8D551D #1D8D1D #1D558D #8D1D8D

split-complementary

#8D551D #1D8D8D #1D1D8D

monochromatic

#271808 #5A3613 #8D551D #C07427 #DA924B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8D551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8D551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D551D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D551D	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)

#665A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.101 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4855d',
    500: '#8d551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d551d;
$custom-light: #b4855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50349,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D551D

secondary

#4A83BC

accent

#94E93F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D551D

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

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