#8B5D23#8B5D23

#8B5D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.094 H 68.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5D23
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(33, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 13.28, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 41.63, 71.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.034 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.094 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8663, 13.4403, 3.4011)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5D23 #23518B

analogous

#8B2923 #8B5D23 #858B23

triadic

#8B5D23 #238B5D #5D238B

tetradic

#8B5D23 #238B29 #23518B #8B2385

square

#8B5D23 #238B29 #23518B #8B2385

split-complementary

#8B5D23 #23858B #29238B

monochromatic

#291C0A #5A3C17 #8B5D23 #BC7E2F #D49C54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8B5D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8B5D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5D23

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5D23	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C601C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.094 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a61',
    500: '#8b5d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5d23;
$custom-light: #b18a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51712,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5D23

secondary

#527FB8

accent

#8BE345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5D23

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

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