#8B5624#8B5624

#8B5624 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.095 H 60.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5624
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 36)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, 17.42, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 41.01, 64.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.0464 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.095 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2948, 12.2733, 3.2849)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5624 #24598B

analogous

#8B2426 #8B5624 #8B8A24

triadic

#8B5624 #248B56 #56248B

tetradic

#8B5624 #268B24 #24598B #8A248B

square

#8B5624 #268B24 #24598B #8A248B

split-complementary

#8B5624 #248B8A #24268B

monochromatic

#2A1A0B #5A3817 #8B5624 #BC7431 #D39356

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8B5624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8B5624 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5624

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5624	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)

#665B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.095 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18661',
    500: '#8b5624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5624;
$custom-light: #b18661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.126,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50339,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5624

secondary

#5387B7

accent

#96E246

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5624

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

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