#8B5E19#8B5E19

#8B5E19 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.100 H 72.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5E19
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 25)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, 12.24, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 45.71, 74.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.0296 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.1 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8268, 13.5659, 2.7571)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5E19 #19468B

analogous

#8B2519 #8B5E19 #7F8B19

triadic

#8B5E19 #198B5E #5E198B

tetradic

#8B5E19 #198B25 #19468B #8B197F

square

#8B5E19 #198B25 #19468B #8B197F

split-complementary

#8B5E19 #197F8B #25198B

monochromatic

#231806 #573B10 #8B5E19 #BF8122 #DDA041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8B5E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B5E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5E19

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5E19	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)

#6E610C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.100 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28b5c',
    500: '#8b5e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5e19;
$custom-light: #b28b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51831,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5E19

secondary

#4273BE

accent

#81EC3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5E19

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