#8B5923#8B5923

#8B5923 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.095 H 64.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5923
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(31, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, 15.62, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 41.46, 67.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0409 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.095 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5243, 12.7564, 3.2871)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5923 #23558B

analogous

#8B2523 #8B5923 #898B23

triadic

#8B5923 #238B59 #59238B

tetradic

#8B5923 #238B25 #23558B #8B2389

square

#8B5923 #238B25 #23558B #8B2389

split-complementary

#8B5923 #23898B #25238B

monochromatic

#291A0A #5A3A17 #8B5923 #BC782F #D49754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8B5923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B5923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5923

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5923	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.095 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18861',
    500: '#8b5923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5923;
$custom-light: #b18861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50915,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5923

secondary

#5283B8

accent

#91E345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5923

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

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