#8D5533#8D5533

#8D5533 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.089 H 50.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5533
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 63.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, 19.85, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 35.44, 55.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.056 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.089 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8316, 12.4002, 4.7437)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5533 #336B8D

analogous

#8D333E #8D5533 #8D8233

triadic

#8D5533 #338D55 #55338D

tetradic

#8D5533 #3E8D33 #336B8D #82338D

square

#8D5533 #3E8D33 #336B8D #82338D

split-complementary

#8D5533 #338D82 #333E8D

monochromatic

#331F12 #603A23 #8D5533 #BA7043 #CB926F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8D5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8D5533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5533

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5533	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.089 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2856b',
    500: '#8d5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5533;
$custom-light: #b2856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50606,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5533

secondary

#6997B3

accent

#A4D751

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5533

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

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