#8B5A19#8B5A19

#8B5A19 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.100 H 68.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A19
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 25)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 14.58, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 45.49, 71.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0365 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.1 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4802, 12.8729, 2.6416)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A19 #194A8B

analogous

#8B2119 #8B5A19 #838B19

triadic

#8B5A19 #198B5A #5A198B

tetradic

#8B5A19 #198B21 #194A8B #8B1983

square

#8B5A19 #198B21 #194A8B #8B1983

split-complementary

#8B5A19 #19838B #21198B

monochromatic

#231706 #573810 #8B5A19 #BF7C22 #DD9A41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B5A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B5A19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A19

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A19	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)

#6A5E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.100 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2885b',
    500: '#8b5a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a19;
$custom-light: #b2885b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.211,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51028,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A19

secondary

#4277BE

accent

#87EC3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A19

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

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