#8D5A23#8D5A23

#8D5A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.096 H 64.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5A23
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 15.95, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 42.15, 67.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.0418 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.096 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9452, 13.0978, 3.3308)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5A23 #23568D

analogous

#8D2523 #8D5A23 #8B8D23

triadic

#8D5A23 #238D5A #5A238D

tetradic

#8D5A23 #238D25 #23568D #8D238B

square

#8D5A23 #238D25 #23568D #8D238B

split-complementary

#8D5A23 #238B8D #25238D

monochromatic

#2B1B0B #5C3B17 #8D5A23 #BE792F #D59855

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8D5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8D5A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5A23

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5A23	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.096 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38861',
    500: '#8d5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5a23;
$custom-light: #b38861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.132,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51372,
    "c": 0.09644,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5A23

secondary

#5384B9

accent

#91E344

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5A23

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

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