#8B5618#8B5618

#8B5618 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.102 H 64.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5618
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 24)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 16.88, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 45.79, 68.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.0431 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.102 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1413, 12.2119, 2.4764)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5618 #184D8B

analogous

#8B1D18 #8B5618 #878B18

triadic

#8B5618 #188B56 #56188B

tetradic

#8B5618 #188B1D #184D8B #8B1887

square

#8B5618 #188B1D #184D8B #8B1887

split-complementary

#8B5618 #18878B #1D188B

monochromatic

#231506 #57360F #8B5618 #BF7621 #DE953F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8B5618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8B5618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5618

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5618	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)

#675B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.102 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855a',
    500: '#8b5618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5618;
$custom-light: #b2855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.348,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50234,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5618

secondary

#407ABE

accent

#8DED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5618

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

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