#8D551F#8D551F

#8D551F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.100 H 60.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D551F
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 78%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 18.66, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 43.80, 64.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.0492 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.1 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4815, 12.2601, 2.8998)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D551F #1F578D

analogous

#8D1F20 #8D551F #8D8C1F

triadic

#8D551F #1F8D55 #551F8D

tetradic

#8D551F #208D1F #1F578D #8C1F8D

square

#8D551F #208D1F #1F578D #8C1F8D

split-complementary

#8D551F #1F8D8C #1F208D

monochromatic

#291909 #5B3714 #8D551F #BF732A #D8924E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8D551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8D551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D551F

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D551F	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.100 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3855e',
    500: '#8d551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d551f;
$custom-light: #b3855e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.455,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50367,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D551F

secondary

#4D85BB

accent

#95E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D551F

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

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