#8B5620#8B5620

#8B5620 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.098 H 62.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5620
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 32)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 17.22, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 42.68, 66.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.0452 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.098 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2371, 12.2502, 2.9810)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5620 #20558B

analogous

#8B2020 #8B5620 #8A8B20

triadic

#8B5620 #208B56 #56208B

tetradic

#8B5620 #208B20 #20558B #8B208A

square

#8B5620 #208B20 #20558B #8B208A

split-complementary

#8B5620 #208A8B #20208B

monochromatic

#281809 #593715 #8B5620 #BD752B #D6934F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8B5620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8B5620 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5620

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5620	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.098 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2855f',
    500: '#8b5620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5620;
$custom-light: #b2855f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.28,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50299,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5620

secondary

#4D83BA

accent

#93E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5620

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

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