#8B5A16#8B5A16

#8B5A16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.102 H 69.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A16
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 14.47, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 46.56, 71.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0358 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.102 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4496, 12.8606, 2.4803)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A16 #16478B

analogous

#8B2016 #8B5A16 #828B16

triadic

#8B5A16 #168B5A #5A168B

tetradic

#8B5A16 #168B20 #16478B #8B1682

square

#8B5A16 #168B20 #16478B #8B1682

split-complementary

#8B5A16 #16828B #20168B

monochromatic

#211605 #56380E #8B5A16 #C07C1E #E09B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A16

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A16	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)

#6A5E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.102 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885a',
    500: '#8b5a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a16;
$custom-light: #b2885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.872,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51007,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A16

secondary

#3E74BF

accent

#85EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A16

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

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