#8D5526#8D5526

#8D5526 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.096 H 57.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5526
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 38)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 73%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 19.01, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 40.93, 62.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% 0.0514 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.096 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5840, 12.3011, 3.4396)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5526 #265E8D

analogous

#8D262A #8D5526 #8D8926

triadic

#8D5526 #268D55 #55268D

tetradic

#8D5526 #2A8D26 #265E8D #89268D

square

#8D5526 #2A8D26 #265E8D #89268D

split-complementary

#8D5526 #268D89 #262A8D

monochromatic

#2D1B0C #5D3819 #8D5526 #BD7233 #D3915B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#8D5526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8D5526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5526

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5526	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)

#665B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.096 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38563',
    500: '#8d5526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5526;
$custom-light: #b38563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.379,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50437,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5526

secondary

#578CB8

accent

#9BE147

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5526

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

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