#8D5E15#8D5E15

#8D5E15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.103 H 72.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5E15
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 21)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 13.04, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 47.67, 74.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.0314 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.103 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1238, 13.7237, 2.5618)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5E15 #15448D

analogous

#8D2215 #8D5E15 #808D15

triadic

#8D5E15 #158D5E #5E158D

tetradic

#8D5E15 #158D22 #15448D #8D1580

square

#8D5E15 #158D22 #15448D #8D1580

split-complementary

#8D5E15 #15808D #22158D

monochromatic

#221705 #583A0D #8D5E15 #C2821D #E2A03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8D5E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8D5E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5E15

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5E15	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.103 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38b5a',
    500: '#8d5e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5e15;
$custom-light: #b38b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52059,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5E15

secondary

#3D71C1

accent

#80F137

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5E15

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

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