#8B5C19#8B5C19

#8B5C19 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.100 H 70.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5C19
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 25)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 13.41, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 45.58, 72.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.0331 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.1 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6512, 13.2148, 2.6986)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5C19 #19488B

analogous

#8B2319 #8B5C19 #818B19

triadic

#8B5C19 #198B5C #5C198B

tetradic

#8B5C19 #198B23 #19488B #8B1981

square

#8B5C19 #198B23 #19488B #8B1981

split-complementary

#8B5C19 #19818B #23198B

monochromatic

#231706 #573A10 #8B5C19 #BF7E22 #DD9D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8B5C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8B5C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5C19

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5C19	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)

#6C5F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.100 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a5c',
    500: '#8b5c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5c19;
$custom-light: #b28a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.263,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51427,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5C19

secondary

#4275BE

accent

#84EC3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

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

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