#8B5318#8B5318

#8B5318 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.102 H 61.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5318
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 24)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 18.62, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 45.83, 66.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.0482 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.103 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9068, 11.7429, 2.3982)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5318 #18508B

analogous

#8B1A18 #8B5318 #8A8B18

triadic

#8B5318 #188B53 #53188B

tetradic

#8B5318 #188B1A #18508B #8B188A

square

#8B5318 #188B1A #18508B #8B188A

split-complementary

#8B5318 #188A8B #1A188B

monochromatic

#231506 #57340F #8B5318 #BF7221 #DE913F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8B5318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B5318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5318

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5318	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.102 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2835a',
    500: '#8b5318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5318;
$custom-light: #b2835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49656,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5318

secondary

#407EBE

accent

#92ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5318

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

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