#8B5F17#8B5F17

#8B5F17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.101 H 74.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F17
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 11.59, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 46.50, 75.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.0275 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.101 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8955, 13.7366, 2.6774)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5F17 #17438B

analogous

#8B2517 #8B5F17 #7D8B17

triadic

#8B5F17 #178B5F #5F178B

tetradic

#8B5F17 #178B25 #17438B #8B177D

square

#8B5F17 #178B25 #17438B #8B177D

split-complementary

#8B5F17 #177D8B #25178B

monochromatic

#221706 #563B0E #8B5F17 #C08320 #DFA23D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B5F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B5F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F17

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F17	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.101 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28c5b',
    500: '#8b5f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f17;
$custom-light: #b28c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52022,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F17

secondary

#3F70BF

accent

#7EEE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F17

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

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