#8D5E23#8D5E23

#8D5E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.096 H 68.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5E23
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(33, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 13.62, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 42.32, 71.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.0349 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.096 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2917, 13.7908, 3.4463)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5E23 #23528D

analogous

#8D2923 #8D5E23 #878D23

triadic

#8D5E23 #238D5E #5E238D

tetradic

#8D5E23 #238D29 #23528D #8D2387

square

#8D5E23 #238D29 #23528D #8D2387

split-complementary

#8D5E23 #23878D #29238D

monochromatic

#2B1D0B #5C3D17 #8D5E23 #BE7F2F #D59C55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8D5E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8D5E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5E23

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5E23	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E611B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.096 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38b61',
    500: '#8d5e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5e23;
$custom-light: #b38b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.396,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52166,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5E23

secondary

#5380B9

accent

#8BE344

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5E23

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

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