#8B5716#8B5716

#8B5716 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.102 H 66.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5716
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 22)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 16.23, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 46.50, 69.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0409 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.102 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2017, 12.3647, 2.3976)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5716 #164A8B

analogous

#8B1C16 #8B5716 #858B16

triadic

#8B5716 #168B57 #57168B

tetradic

#8B5716 #168B1C #164A8B #8B1685

square

#8B5716 #168B1C #164A8B #8B1685

split-complementary

#8B5716 #16858B #1C168B

monochromatic

#211505 #56360E #8B5716 #C0781E #E0973B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8B5716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8B5716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5716

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5716	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.102 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28659',
    500: '#8b5716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5716;
$custom-light: #b28659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50415,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5716

secondary

#3E77BF

accent

#8AEF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5716

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

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