#8B5B14#8B5B14

#8B5B14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.102 H 70.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5B14
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 20)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 13.82, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 47.28, 73.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.0337 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.102 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5160, 13.0230, 2.4109)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5B14 #14448B

analogous

#8B1F14 #8B5B14 #7F8B14

triadic

#8B5B14 #148B5B #5B148B

tetradic

#8B5B14 #148B1F #14448B #8B147F

square

#8B5B14 #148B1F #14448B #8B147F

split-complementary

#8B5B14 #147F8B #1F148B

monochromatic

#201505 #55380C #8B5B14 #C17E1C #E29D37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8B5B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8B5B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5B14

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5B14	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.102 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28959',
    500: '#8b5b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5b14;
$custom-light: #b28959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51195,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5B14

secondary

#3C71BF

accent

#82F136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5B14

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

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