#8D5523#8D5523

#8D5523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.098 H 59.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5523
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 18.85, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 42.18, 63.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.0504 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.098 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5376, 12.2825, 3.1949)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5523 #235B8D

analogous

#8D2326 #8D5523 #8D8A23

triadic

#8D5523 #238D55 #55238D

tetradic

#8D5523 #268D23 #235B8D #8A238D

square

#8D5523 #268D23 #235B8D #8A238D

split-complementary

#8D5523 #238D8A #23268D

monochromatic

#2B1A0B #5C3717 #8D5523 #BE732F #D59255

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8D5523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8D5523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5523

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5523	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)

#665B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.098 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38561',
    500: '#8d5523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5523;
$custom-light: #b38561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50405,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5523

secondary

#5389B9

accent

#98E344

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5523

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

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