#8B6317#8B6317

#8B6317 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.101 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6317
RGB	rgb(139, 99, 23)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 9.25, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 46.90, 78.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.0207 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.101 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2651, 14.4758, 2.8006)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6317 #173F8B

analogous

#8B2917 #8B6317 #798B17

triadic

#8B6317 #178B63 #63178B

tetradic

#8B6317 #178B29 #173F8B #8B1779

square

#8B6317 #178B29 #173F8B #8B1779

split-complementary

#8B6317 #17798B #29178B

monochromatic

#221806 #563E0E #8B6317 #C08820 #DFA73D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#8B6317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8B6317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6317

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6317	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 99, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.101 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28f5b',
    500: '#8b6317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6317;
$custom-light: #b28f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52846,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6317

secondary

#3F6BBF

accent

#78EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6317

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

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