#8B5622#8B5622

#8B5622 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.096 H 61.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5622
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 34)
HSL	hsl(30, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(30, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 17.32, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 41.85, 65.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% 0.0458 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.096 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2651, 12.2614, 3.1285)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5622 #22578B

analogous

#8B2223 #8B5622 #8B8B22

triadic

#8B5622 #228B56 #56228B

tetradic

#8B5622 #238B22 #22578B #8B228B

square

#8B5622 #238B22 #22578B #8B228B

split-complementary

#8B5622 #228B8B #22238B

monochromatic

#29190A #5A3816 #8B5622 #BC742E #D59353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8B5622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8B5622 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5622

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5622	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.096 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28660',
    500: '#8b5622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5622;
$custom-light: #b28660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50319,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5622

secondary

#5085B8

accent

#95E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5622

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

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