#8B5216#8B5216

#8B5216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.104 H 61.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5216
RGB	rgb(139, 82, 22)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 19.13, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 46.58, 65.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% 0.0495 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.104 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8108, 11.5829, 2.2673)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5216 #164F8B

analogous

#8B1716 #8B5216 #8A8B16

triadic

#8B5216 #168B52 #52168B

tetradic

#8B5216 #168B17 #164F8B #8B168A

square

#8B5216 #168B17 #164F8B #8B168A

split-complementary

#8B5216 #168A8B #17168B

monochromatic

#211405 #56330E #8B5216 #C0711E #E0903B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8B5216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8B5216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5216

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5216	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 82, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.104 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28359',
    500: '#8b5216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5216;
$custom-light: #b28359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.769,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49451,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5216

secondary

#3E7DBF

accent

#92EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5216

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

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