#8B5D22#8B5D22

#8B5D22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.095 H 69.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D22
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 34)
HSL	hsl(34, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(34, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 13.23, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 42.06, 71.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.0337 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.095 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8516, 13.4345, 3.3240)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D22 #22508B

analogous

#8B2822 #8B5D22 #858B22

triadic

#8B5D22 #228B5D #5D228B

tetradic

#8B5D22 #228B28 #22508B #8B2285

square

#8B5D22 #228B28 #22508B #8B2285

split-complementary

#8B5D22 #22858B #28228B

monochromatic

#291B0A #5A3C16 #8B5D22 #BC7E2E #D59C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8B5D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8B5D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D22

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D22	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C601A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.095 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a61',
    500: '#8b5d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d22;
$custom-light: #b18a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51702,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D22

secondary

#507EB8

accent

#8AE444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D22

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

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