#8B5A22#8B5A22

#8B5A22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.095 H 65.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5A22
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(32, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 14.98, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 41.91, 69.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.0389 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.095 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5935, 12.9181, 3.2379)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5A22 #22538B

analogous

#8B2622 #8B5A22 #888B22

triadic

#8B5A22 #228B5A #5A228B

tetradic

#8B5A22 #228B26 #22538B #8B2288

square

#8B5A22 #228B26 #22538B #8B2288

split-complementary

#8B5A22 #22888B #26228B

monochromatic

#291A0A #5A3A16 #8B5A22 #BC7A2E #D59853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8B5A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B5A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5A22

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5A22	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.095 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18860',
    500: '#8b5a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5a22;
$custom-light: #b18860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51103,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5A22

secondary

#5081B8

accent

#8FE444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5A22

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

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