#8B5917#8B5917

#8B5917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.101 H 68.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5917
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 15.09, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 46.18, 70.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.0377 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.101 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3757, 12.6970, 2.5041)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5917 #17498B

analogous

#8B1F17 #8B5917 #838B17

triadic

#8B5917 #178B59 #59178B

tetradic

#8B5917 #178B1F #17498B #8B1783

square

#8B5917 #178B1F #17498B #8B1783

split-complementary

#8B5917 #17838B #1F178B

monochromatic

#221606 #56370E #8B5917 #C07B20 #DF993D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B5917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B5917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5917

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5917	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)

#6A5D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.101 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885a',
    500: '#8b5917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5917;
$custom-light: #b2885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50815,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5917

secondary

#3F76BF

accent

#87EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5917

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

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