#8B5E14#8B5E14

#8B5E14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.102 H 73.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E14
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 20)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 12.07, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 47.45, 75.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0286 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.102 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7776, 13.5462, 2.4981)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E14 #14418B

analogous

#8B2214 #8B5E14 #7C8B14

triadic

#8B5E14 #148B5E #5E148B

tetradic

#8B5E14 #148B22 #14418B #8B147C

square

#8B5E14 #148B22 #14418B #8B147C

split-complementary

#8B5E14 #147C8B #22148B

monochromatic

#201605 #553A0C #8B5E14 #C1821C #E2A237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8B5E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B5E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E14

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E14	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.102 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28b59',
    500: '#8b5e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e14;
$custom-light: #b28b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.311,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.518,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E14

secondary

#3C6DBF

accent

#7DF136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E14

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

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