#8B5B16#8B5B16

#8B5B16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.101 H 70.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5B16
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 13.89, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 46.60, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.0341 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.101 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5345, 13.0304, 2.5086)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5B16 #16468B

analogous

#8B2116 #8B5B16 #818B16

triadic

#8B5B16 #168B5B #5B168B

tetradic

#8B5B16 #168B21 #16468B #8B1681

square

#8B5B16 #168B21 #16468B #8B1681

split-complementary

#8B5B16 #16818B #21168B

monochromatic

#211605 #56380E #8B5B16 #C07E1E #E09C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8B5B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8B5B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5B16

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5B16	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.101 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2895a',
    500: '#8b5b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5b16;
$custom-light: #b2895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51207,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5B16

secondary

#3E73BF

accent

#83EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5B16

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

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