#8B5A18#8B5A18

#8B5A18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.101 H 68.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A18
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 24)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 14.54, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 45.85, 71.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.0362 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.101 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4696, 12.8686, 2.5858)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A18 #18498B

analogous

#8B2118 #8B5A18 #838B18

triadic

#8B5A18 #188B5A #5A188B

tetradic

#8B5A18 #188B21 #18498B #8B1883

square

#8B5A18 #188B21 #18498B #8B1883

split-complementary

#8B5A18 #18838B #21188B

monochromatic

#231606 #57380F #8B5A18 #BF7C21 #DE9A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A18

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A18	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)

#6A5E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.101 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885b',
    500: '#8b5a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a18;
$custom-light: #b2885b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51021,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A18

secondary

#4076BE

accent

#87ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A18

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

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