#8B5817#8B5817

#8B5817 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.101 H 67.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5817
RGB	rgb(139, 88, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 15.68, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 46.16, 70.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.0394 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.101 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2930, 12.5317, 2.4766)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5817 #174A8B

analogous

#8B1E17 #8B5817 #848B17

triadic

#8B5817 #178B58 #58178B

tetradic

#8B5817 #178B1E #174A8B #8B1784

square

#8B5817 #178B1E #174A8B #8B1784

split-complementary

#8B5817 #17848B #1E178B

monochromatic

#221606 #56370E #8B5817 #C07920 #DF983D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8B5817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8B5817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5817

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5817	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 88, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.101 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2875a',
    500: '#8b5817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5817;
$custom-light: #b2875a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.621,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50618,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5817

secondary

#3F77BF

accent

#89EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5817

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

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