#8D5B40#8D5B40

#8D5B40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.077 H 48.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5B40
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, 17.46, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 29.63, 53.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.0508 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.077 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6519, 13.5164, 6.6341)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5B40 #40728D

analogous

#8D404B #8D5B40 #8D8140

triadic

#8D5B40 #408D5B #5B408D

tetradic

#8D5B40 #4B8D40 #40728D #81408D

square

#8D5B40 #4B8D40 #40728D #81408D

split-complementary

#8D5B40 #408D81 #404B8D

monochromatic

#39251A #63402D #8D5B40 #B37757 #C69981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8D5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8D5B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5B40

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5B40	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.077 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18975',
    500: '#8d5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5b40;
$custom-light: #b18975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.039,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51972,
    "c": 0.07715,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5B40

secondary

#789DB0

accent

#A5CE5A

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5B40

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

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