#8B5C14#8B5C14

#8B5C14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.102 H 71.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5C14
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 20)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.06, 13.24, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.06, 47.33, 73.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.032 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.102 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6020, 13.1951, 2.4396)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5C14 #14438B

analogous

#8B2114 #8B5C14 #7E8B14

triadic

#8B5C14 #148B5C #5C148B

tetradic

#8B5C14 #148B21 #14438B #8B147E

square

#8B5C14 #148B21 #14438B #8B147E

split-complementary

#8B5C14 #147E8B #21148B

monochromatic

#201505 #55390C #8B5C14 #C17F1C #E29F37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8B5C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8B5C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5C14

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5C14	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.102 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a59',
    500: '#8b5c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5c14;
$custom-light: #b28a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51395,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5C14

secondary

#3C70BF

accent

#80F136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5C14

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

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