#8B5416#8B5416

#8B5416 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.103 H 63.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5416
RGB	rgb(139, 84, 22)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 17.97, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 46.52, 67.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.0461 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.103 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9638, 11.8890, 2.3183)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5416 #164D8B

analogous

#8B1A16 #8B5416 #888B16

triadic

#8B5416 #168B54 #54168B

tetradic

#8B5416 #168B1A #164D8B #8B1688

square

#8B5416 #168B1A #164D8B #8B1688

split-complementary

#8B5416 #16888B #1A168B

monochromatic

#211405 #56340E #8B5416 #C0741E #E0933B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8B5416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B5416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5416

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5416	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65590A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 84, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.103 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28459',
    500: '#8b5416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5416;
$custom-light: #b28459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.795,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49833,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5416

secondary

#3E7BBF

accent

#8EEF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5416

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

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