#8B5F22#8B5F22

#8B5F22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.095 H 71.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5F22
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 34)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 12.06, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 42.21, 73.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.0303 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.095 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0295, 13.7902, 3.3833)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5F22 #224E8B

analogous

#8B2B22 #8B5F22 #838B22

triadic

#8B5F22 #228B5F #5F228B

tetradic

#8B5F22 #228B2B #224E8B #8B2283

square

#8B5F22 #228B2B #224E8B #8B2283

split-complementary

#8B5F22 #22838B #2B228B

monochromatic

#291C0A #5A3D16 #8B5F22 #BC812E #D59E53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8B5F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B5F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5F22

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5F22	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E621A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.095 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18c61',
    500: '#8b5f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5f22;
$custom-light: #b18c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52107,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5F22

secondary

#507CB8

accent

#87E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5F22

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

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