#8D5E27#8D5E27

#8D5E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.093 H 67.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5E27
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 39)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 13.83, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 40.59, 70.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.0361 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.093 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3545, 13.8160, 3.7771)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5E27 #27568D

analogous

#8D2B27 #8D5E27 #898D27

triadic

#8D5E27 #278D5E #5E278D

tetradic

#8D5E27 #278D2B #27568D #8D2789

square

#8D5E27 #278D2B #27568D #8D2789

split-complementary

#8D5E27 #27898D #2B278D

monochromatic

#2D1E0C #5D3E1A #8D5E27 #BD7E34 #D29C5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8D5E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8D5E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5E27

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5E27	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.093 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38b64',
    500: '#8d5e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5e27;
$custom-light: #b38b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52206,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5E27

secondary

#5984B7

accent

#8EE048

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120C05

muted

#817D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5E27

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

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