#8B5F16#8B5F16

#8B5F16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.101 H 74.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F16
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 22)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 11.55, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 46.85, 75.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.0273 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.101 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8856, 13.7326, 2.6256)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5F16 #16428B

analogous

#8B2516 #8B5F16 #7D8B16

triadic

#8B5F16 #168B5F #5F168B

tetradic

#8B5F16 #168B25 #16428B #8B167D

square

#8B5F16 #168B25 #16428B #8B167D

split-complementary

#8B5F16 #167D8B #25168B

monochromatic

#211705 #563B0E #8B5F16 #C0831E #E0A23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8B5F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B5F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F16

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F16	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.101 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28c5a',
    500: '#8b5f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f16;
$custom-light: #b28c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52015,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F16

secondary

#3E6EBF

accent

#7DEF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F16

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