#8B5D18#8B5D18

#8B5D18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.100 H 71.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D18
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 24)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 12.79, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 46.00, 73.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.0311 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.1 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7278, 13.3850, 2.6719)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D18 #18468B

analogous

#8B2418 #8B5D18 #808B18

triadic

#8B5D18 #188B5D #5D188B

tetradic

#8B5D18 #188B24 #18468B #8B1880

square

#8B5D18 #188B24 #18468B #8B1880

split-complementary

#8B5D18 #18808B #24188B

monochromatic

#231706 #573A0F #8B5D18 #BF8021 #DE9F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8B5D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8B5D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D18

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D18	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)

#6D600B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.100 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28a5b',
    500: '#8b5d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d18;
$custom-light: #b28a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51622,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D18

secondary

#4073BE

accent

#82ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D18

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

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