#8D5535#8D5535

#8D5535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.088 H 49.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5535
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 62.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 20.01, 28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 34.62, 54.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.0568 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.088 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8767, 12.4182, 4.9809)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5535 #356D8D

analogous

#8D3541 #8D5535 #8D8135

triadic

#8D5535 #358D55 #55358D

tetradic

#8D5535 #418D35 #356D8D #81358D

square

#8D5535 #418D35 #356D8D #81358D

split-complementary

#8D5535 #358D81 #35418D

monochromatic

#341F14 #613A24 #8D5535 #B97046 #CA9272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8D5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8D5535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5535

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5535	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)

#655B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.088 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2856d',
    500: '#8d5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5535;
$custom-light: #b2856d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50636,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5535

secondary

#6B99B2

accent

#A6D553

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5535

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

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