#8B5B22#8B5B22

#8B5B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.095 H 67.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5B22
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(33, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, 14.40, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 41.95, 69.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.0372 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.095 67)
XYZ	xyz(14.6784, 13.0880, 3.2662)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5B22 #22528B

analogous

#8B2622 #8B5B22 #878B22

triadic

#8B5B22 #228B5B #5B228B

tetradic

#8B5B22 #228B26 #22528B #8B2287

square

#8B5B22 #228B26 #22528B #8B2287

split-complementary

#8B5B22 #22878B #26228B

monochromatic

#291B0A #5A3B16 #8B5B22 #BC7B2E #D59953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8B5B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8B5B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5B22

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5B22	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.095 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18961',
    500: '#8b5b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5b22;
$custom-light: #b18961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51302,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.13087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5B22

secondary

#5080B8

accent

#8DE444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5B22

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

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