#8D5522#8D5522

#8D5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.099 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5522
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, 18.80, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 42.59, 63.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.0501 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.099 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5229, 12.2767, 3.1179)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5522 #225A8D

analogous

#8D2225 #8D5522 #8D8B22

triadic

#8D5522 #228D55 #55228D

tetradic

#8D5522 #258D22 #225A8D #8B228D

square

#8D5522 #258D22 #225A8D #8B228D

split-complementary

#8D5522 #228D8B #22258D

monochromatic

#2A1A0A #5C3716 #8D5522 #BE732E #D69254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8D5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8D5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5522

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5522	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.099 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38560',
    500: '#8d5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5522;
$custom-light: #b38560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.598,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50395,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5522

secondary

#5188B9

accent

#98E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5522

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

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