#8B5D17#8B5D17

#8B5D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.101 H 72.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D17
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 12.76, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 46.36, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.0309 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.101 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7176, 13.3809, 2.6181)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D17 #17458B

analogous

#8B2317 #8B5D17 #7F8B17

triadic

#8B5D17 #178B5D #5D178B

tetradic

#8B5D17 #178B23 #17458B #8B177F

square

#8B5D17 #178B23 #17458B #8B177F

split-complementary

#8B5D17 #177F8B #23178B

monochromatic

#221706 #563A0E #8B5D17 #C08020 #DF9F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8B5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8B5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D17

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D17	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.101 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a5b',
    500: '#8b5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d17;
$custom-light: #b28a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.207,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51615,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D17

secondary

#3F72BF

accent

#81EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D17

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

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