#8B5F14#8B5F14

#8B5F14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.102 H 74.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F14
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 20)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(38, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 11.49, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 47.52, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.0269 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.102 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8671, 13.7252, 2.5279)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5F14 #14408B

analogous

#8B2314 #8B5F14 #7B8B14

triadic

#8B5F14 #148B5F #5F148B

tetradic

#8B5F14 #148B23 #14408B #8B147B

square

#8B5F14 #148B23 #14408B #8B147B

split-complementary

#8B5F14 #147B8B #23148B

monochromatic

#201605 #553A0C #8B5F14 #C1841C #E2A337

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8B5F14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B5F14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F14

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F14	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.102 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28c5a',
    500: '#8b5f14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f14;
$custom-light: #b28c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52004,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F14

secondary

#3C6CBF

accent

#7CF136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F14

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

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