#8B5718#8B5718

#8B5718 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.101 H 65.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5718
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 24)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 16.30, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 45.79, 69.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0414 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.101 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2217, 12.3727, 2.5032)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5718 #184C8B

analogous

#8B1E18 #8B5718 #858B18

triadic

#8B5718 #188B57 #57188B

tetradic

#8B5718 #188B1E #184C8B #8B1885

square

#8B5718 #188B1E #184C8B #8B1885

split-complementary

#8B5718 #18858B #1E188B

monochromatic

#231606 #57360F #8B5718 #BF7821 #DE963F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8B5718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8B5718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5718

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5718	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.101 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2865a',
    500: '#8b5718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5718;
$custom-light: #b2865a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50429,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5718

secondary

#4079BE

accent

#8BED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5718

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

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