#8B5316#8B5316

#8B5316 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.103 H 62.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5316
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 22)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 18.55, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 46.55, 66.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.0478 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.103 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8867, 11.7349, 2.2926)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5316 #164E8B

analogous

#8B1916 #8B5316 #898B16

triadic

#8B5316 #168B53 #53168B

tetradic

#8B5316 #168B19 #164E8B #8B1689

square

#8B5316 #168B19 #164E8B #8B1689

split-complementary

#8B5316 #16898B #19168B

monochromatic

#211405 #56330E #8B5316 #C0731E #E0913B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8B5316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B5316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5316

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5316	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.103 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28359',
    500: '#8b5316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5316;
$custom-light: #b28359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.282,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49641,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5316

secondary

#3E7CBF

accent

#90EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5316

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

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