#8B5A17#8B5A17

#8B5A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.101 H 69.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A17
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 14.51, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 46.21, 71.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.036 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.101 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4594, 12.8645, 2.5320)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A17 #17488B

analogous

#8B2017 #8B5A17 #828B17

triadic

#8B5A17 #178B5A #5A178B

tetradic

#8B5A17 #178B20 #17488B #8B1782

square

#8B5A17 #178B20 #17488B #8B1782

split-complementary

#8B5A17 #17828B #20178B

monochromatic

#221606 #56380E #8B5A17 #C07C20 #DF9B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A17

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A17	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)

#6A5E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.101 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885a',
    500: '#8b5a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a17;
$custom-light: #b2885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51014,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A17

secondary

#3F75BF

accent

#86EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A17

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

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