#8D5532#8D5532

#8D5532 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.089 H 51.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5532
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 64.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 19.78, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 35.86, 56.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.0557 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.089 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8098, 12.3914, 4.6288)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5532 #326A8D

analogous

#8D323C #8D5532 #8D8332

triadic

#8D5532 #328D55 #55328D

tetradic

#8D5532 #3C8D32 #326A8D #83328D

square

#8D5532 #3C8D32 #326A8D #83328D

split-complementary

#8D5532 #328D83 #323C8D

monochromatic

#331F12 #603A22 #8D5532 #BA7042 #CC926E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8D5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8D5532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5532

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5532	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.089 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2856b',
    500: '#8d5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5532;
$custom-light: #b2856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50591,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5532

secondary

#6896B3

accent

#A3D751

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5532

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

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