#8B5616#8B5616

#8B5616 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.102 H 65.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5616
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 22)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 16.81, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 46.50, 68.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.0426 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.102 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1213, 12.2039, 2.3708)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5616 #164B8B

analogous

#8B1C16 #8B5616 #868B16

triadic

#8B5616 #168B56 #56168B

tetradic

#8B5616 #168B1C #164B8B #8B1686

square

#8B5616 #168B1C #164B8B #8B1686

split-complementary

#8B5616 #16868B #1C168B

monochromatic

#211505 #56350E #8B5616 #C0771E #E0953B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8B5616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8B5616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5616

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5616	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.102 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28559',
    500: '#8b5616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5616;
$custom-light: #b28559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.821,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5022,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5616

secondary

#3E78BF

accent

#8BEF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5616

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

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