#8B5916#8B5916

#8B5916 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.102 H 68.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5916
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 22)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 15.06, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 46.53, 71.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.0375 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.102 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3658, 12.6930, 2.4523)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5916 #16488B

analogous

#8B1F16 #8B5916 #838B16

triadic

#8B5916 #168B59 #59168B

tetradic

#8B5916 #168B1F #16488B #8B1683

square

#8B5916 #168B1F #16488B #8B1683

split-complementary

#8B5916 #16838B #1F168B

monochromatic

#211505 #56370E #8B5916 #C07B1E #E09A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B5916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B5916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5916

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5916	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.102 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885a',
    500: '#8b5916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5916;
$custom-light: #b2885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.359,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50809,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5916

secondary

#3E75BF

accent

#87EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5916

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

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