#8B6217#8B6217

#8B6217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.101 H 77.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6217
RGB	rgb(139, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 9.83, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 46.79, 77.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.0224 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.101 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1709, 14.2875, 2.7692)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6217 #17408B

analogous

#8B2817 #8B6217 #7A8B17

triadic

#8B6217 #178B62 #62178B

tetradic

#8B6217 #178B28 #17408B #8B177A

square

#8B6217 #178B28 #17408B #8B177A

split-complementary

#8B6217 #177A8B #28178B

monochromatic

#221806 #563D0E #8B6217 #C08720 #DFA63D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8B6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8B6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6217

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6217	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.101 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28e5b',
    500: '#8b6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6217;
$custom-light: #b28e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.793,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52638,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6217

secondary

#3F6CBF

accent

#79EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6217

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

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