#8B5D14#8B5D14

#8B5D14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.102 H 72.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D14
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 20)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, 12.65, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 47.38, 74.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.0303 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.102 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6892, 13.3695, 2.4686)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D14 #14428B

analogous

#8B2114 #8B5D14 #7D8B14

triadic

#8B5D14 #148B5D #5D148B

tetradic

#8B5D14 #148B21 #14428B #8B147D

square

#8B5D14 #148B21 #14428B #8B147D

split-complementary

#8B5D14 #147D8B #21148B

monochromatic

#201505 #55390C #8B5D14 #C1811C #E2A037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8B5D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8B5D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D14

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D14	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.102 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a59',
    500: '#8b5d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d14;
$custom-light: #b28a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.807,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51597,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D14

secondary

#3C6EBF

accent

#7FF136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D14

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

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