#8B5914#8B5914

#8B5914 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.103 H 68.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5914
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 20)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 14.99, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 47.21, 71.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.0371 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.103 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3473, 12.6856, 2.3547)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5914 #14468B

analogous

#8B1D14 #8B5914 #818B14

triadic

#8B5914 #148B59 #59148B

tetradic

#8B5914 #148B1D #14468B #8B1481

square

#8B5914 #148B1D #14468B #8B1481

split-complementary

#8B5914 #14818B #1D148B

monochromatic

#201405 #55370C #8B5914 #C17B1C #E29A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8B5914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B5914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5914

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5914	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.103 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28859',
    500: '#8b5914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5914;
$custom-light: #b28859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.79,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50796,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5914

secondary

#3C73BF

accent

#85F136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5914

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

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