#8B5F18#8B5F18

#8B5F18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.100 H 74.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F18
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 24)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 11.62, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 46.15, 75.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.0277 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.1 74)
XYZ	xyz(14.9057, 13.7406, 2.7312)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5F18 #18448B

analogous

#8B2518 #8B5F18 #7E8B18

triadic

#8B5F18 #188B5F #5F188B

tetradic

#8B5F18 #188B25 #18448B #8B187E

square

#8B5F18 #188B25 #18448B #8B187E

split-complementary

#8B5F18 #187E8B #25188B

monochromatic

#231806 #573B0F #8B5F18 #BF8321 #DEA13F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B5F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B5F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F18

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F18	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)

#6F610A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.100 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28c5b',
    500: '#8b5f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f18;
$custom-light: #b28c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.043,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52028,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.13739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F18

secondary

#4071BE

accent

#7FED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F18

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

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