#8B5C16#8B5C16

#8B5C16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.101 H 71.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5C16
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 22)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 13.31, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 46.65, 73.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.0324 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.101 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6206, 13.2025, 2.5372)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5C16 #16458B

analogous

#8B2116 #8B5C16 #808B16

triadic

#8B5C16 #168B5C #5C168B

tetradic

#8B5C16 #168B21 #16458B #8B1680

square

#8B5C16 #168B21 #16458B #8B1680

split-complementary

#8B5C16 #16808B #21168B

monochromatic

#211605 #56390E #8B5C16 #C07F1E #E09E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8B5C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8B5C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5C16

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5C16	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)

#6C5F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.101 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a5a',
    500: '#8b5c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5c16;
$custom-light: #b28a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.897,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51407,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5C16

secondary

#3E72BF

accent

#82EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5C16

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

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