#8B5918#8B5918

#8B5918 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.101 H 67.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5918
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 24)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 15.13, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 45.82, 70.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.038 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.101 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3859, 12.7011, 2.5579)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5918 #184A8B

analogous

#8B2018 #8B5918 #848B18

triadic

#8B5918 #188B59 #59188B

tetradic

#8B5918 #188B20 #184A8B #8B1884

square

#8B5918 #188B20 #184A8B #8B1884

split-complementary

#8B5918 #18848B #20188B

monochromatic

#231606 #57380F #8B5918 #BF7A21 #DE993F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B5918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B5918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5918

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5918	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)

#695D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.101 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885b',
    500: '#8b5918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5918;
$custom-light: #b2885b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50822,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5918

secondary

#4077BE

accent

#88ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5918

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

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