#8B5E17#8B5E17

#8B5E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.101 H 73.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E17
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 12.17, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 46.43, 74.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.0292 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.101 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8060, 13.5576, 2.6475)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E17 #17448B

analogous

#8B2417 #8B5E17 #7E8B17

triadic

#8B5E17 #178B5E #5E178B

tetradic

#8B5E17 #178B24 #17448B #8B177E

square

#8B5E17 #178B24 #17448B #8B177E

split-complementary

#8B5E17 #177E8B #24178B

monochromatic

#221706 #563A0E #8B5E17 #C08220 #DFA03D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8B5E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B5E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E17

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E17	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)

#6E6109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.101 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28b5b',
    500: '#8b5e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e17;
$custom-light: #b28b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.724,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51818,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E17

secondary

#3F71BF

accent

#80EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E17

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

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