#8B5A14#8B5A14

#8B5A14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.102 H 69.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A14
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 20)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 14.41, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 47.24, 72.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0354 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.102 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4311, 12.8532, 2.3826)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A14 #14458B

analogous

#8B1E14 #8B5A14 #808B14

triadic

#8B5A14 #148B5A #5A148B

tetradic

#8B5A14 #148B1E #14458B #8B1480

square

#8B5A14 #148B1E #14458B #8B1480

split-complementary

#8B5A14 #14808B #1E148B

monochromatic

#201505 #55370C #8B5A14 #C17D1C #E29C37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A14

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A14	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.102 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28859',
    500: '#8b5a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a14;
$custom-light: #b28859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50995,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A14

secondary

#3C72BF

accent

#83F136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A14

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

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