#8D7231#8D7231

#8D7231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.090 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7231
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 2.86, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 39.20, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.0054 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.09 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5571, 17.9202, 5.4393)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7231 #314C8D

analogous

#8D4431 #8D7231 #7A8D31

triadic

#8D7231 #318D72 #72318D

tetradic

#8D7231 #318D44 #314C8D #8D317A

square

#8D7231 #318D44 #314C8D #8D317A

split-complementary

#8D7231 #317A8D #44318D

monochromatic

#322911 #604D21 #8D7231 #BA9741 #CCB06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8D7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8D7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7231

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7231	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F712A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.090 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a6c',
    500: '#8d7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7231;
$custom-light: #b19a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.391,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56488,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7231

secondary

#667DB4

accent

#78D850

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7231

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

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