#8B5016#8B5016

#8B5016 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.105 H 59.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5016
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 22)
HSL	hsl(30, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(30, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 20.29, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 46.67, 64.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.07% 0.0529 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(49.07% 0.105 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6622, 11.2857, 2.2178)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5016 #16518B

analogous

#8B1616 #8B5016 #8B8B16

triadic

#8B5016 #168B50 #50168B

tetradic

#8B5016 #168B16 #16518B #8B168B

square

#8B5016 #168B16 #16518B #8B168B

split-complementary

#8B5016 #168B8B #16168B

monochromatic

#211305 #56320E #8B5016 #C06E1E #E08D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#8B5016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B5016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5016

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5016	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62560C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.105 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38159',
    500: '#8b5016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5016;
$custom-light: #b38159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.744,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49074,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5016

secondary

#3E7FBF

accent

#95EF38

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5016

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

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