#8B5B18#8B5B18

#8B5B18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.101 H 69.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5B18
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 24)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 13.96, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 45.89, 72.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% 0.0345 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.101 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5546, 13.0384, 2.6141)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5B18 #18488B

analogous

#8B2218 #8B5B18 #818B18

triadic

#8B5B18 #188B5B #5B188B

tetradic

#8B5B18 #188B22 #18488B #8B1881

square

#8B5B18 #188B22 #18488B #8B1881

split-complementary

#8B5B18 #18818B #22188B

monochromatic

#231706 #57390F #8B5B18 #BF7D21 #DE9C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8B5B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8B5B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5B18

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5B18	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)

#6B5E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.101 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2895b',
    500: '#8b5b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5b18;
$custom-light: #b2895b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.957,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5122,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5B18

secondary

#4075BE

accent

#85ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5B18

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

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