#8B5B17#8B5B17

#8B5B17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.101 H 70.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5B17
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 13.92, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 46.25, 72.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.0343 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.101 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5444, 13.0344, 2.5603)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5B17 #17478B

analogous

#8B2117 #8B5B17 #818B17

triadic

#8B5B17 #178B5B #5B178B

tetradic

#8B5B17 #178B21 #17478B #8B1781

square

#8B5B17 #178B21 #17478B #8B1781

split-complementary

#8B5B17 #17818B #21178B

monochromatic

#221606 #56390E #8B5B17 #C07D20 #DF9C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8B5B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8B5B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5B17

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5B17	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)

#6B5E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.101 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2895a',
    500: '#8b5b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5b17;
$custom-light: #b2895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51213,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5B17

secondary

#3F74BF

accent

#84EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5B17

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

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