#8D5524#8D5524

#8D5524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.098 H 58.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5524
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(28, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 74.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 18.91, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 41.76, 63.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0507 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.098 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5526, 12.2886, 3.2743)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5524 #245C8D

analogous

#8D2428 #8D5524 #8D8A24

triadic

#8D5524 #248D55 #55248D

tetradic

#8D5524 #288D24 #245C8D #8A248D

square

#8D5524 #288D24 #245C8D #8A248D

split-complementary

#8D5524 #248D8A #24288D

monochromatic

#2B1A0B #5C3818 #8D5524 #BE7230 #D49257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#8D5524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8D5524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5524

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5524	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.098 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38561',
    500: '#8d5524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5524;
$custom-light: #b38561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50415,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5524

secondary

#548AB8

accent

#99E345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5524

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

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