#8B3517#8B3517

#8B3517 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.125 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3517
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 35.04, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 50.36, 45.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.0975 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.125 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0765, 8.0987, 1.7377)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3517 #176D8B

analogous

#8B1733 #8B3517 #8B6F17

triadic

#8B3517 #178B35 #35178B

tetradic

#8B3517 #338B17 #176D8B #6F178B

square

#8B3517 #338B17 #176D8B #6F178B

split-complementary

#8B3517 #178B6F #17338B

monochromatic

#220D06 #56210E #8B3517 #C04920 #DF673D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8B3517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B3517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3517

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3517	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.125 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47057',
    500: '#8b3517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3517;
$custom-light: #b47057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.517,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44589,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3517

secondary

#3F9EBF

accent

#C0EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3517

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

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