#8B5E18#8B5E18

#8B5E18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.100 H 73.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E18
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 24)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, 12.21, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 46.07, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.0294 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.1 73)
XYZ	xyz(14.8162, 13.5616, 2.7013)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E18 #18458B

analogous

#8B2518 #8B5E18 #7F8B18

triadic

#8B5E18 #188B5E #5E188B

tetradic

#8B5E18 #188B25 #18458B #8B187F

square

#8B5E18 #188B25 #18458B #8B187F

split-complementary

#8B5E18 #187F8B #25188B

monochromatic

#231706 #573B0F #8B5E18 #BF8121 #DEA03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8B5E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B5E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E18

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E18	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)

#6E610B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.100 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28b5b',
    500: '#8b5e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e18;
$custom-light: #b28b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51825,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.1356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E18

secondary

#4072BE

accent

#80ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E18

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

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