#8B6117#8B6117

#8B6117 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.101 H 76.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6117
RGB	rgb(139, 97, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 10.42, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 46.68, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% 0.0241 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.101 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0779, 14.1015, 2.7382)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6117 #17418B

analogous

#8B2717 #8B6117 #7B8B17

triadic

#8B6117 #178B61 #61178B

tetradic

#8B6117 #178B27 #17418B #8B177B

square

#8B6117 #178B27 #17418B #8B177B

split-complementary

#8B6117 #177B8B #27178B

monochromatic

#221806 #563C0E #8B6117 #C08620 #DFA43D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8B6117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8B6117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6117

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6117	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 97, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.101 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28d5b',
    500: '#8b6117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6117;
$custom-light: #b28d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52432,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6117

secondary

#3F6DBF

accent

#7BEE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6117

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

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