#8B6517#8B6517

#8B6517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.102 H 80.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6517
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 8.09, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 47.15, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.0174 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.102 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4569, 14.8594, 2.8645)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6517 #173D8B

analogous

#8B2B17 #8B6517 #778B17

triadic

#8B6517 #178B65 #65178B

tetradic

#8B6517 #178B2B #173D8B #8B1777

square

#8B6517 #178B2B #173D8B #8B1777

split-complementary

#8B6517 #17778B #2B178B

monochromatic

#221906 #563F0E #8B6517 #C08B20 #DFAA3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8B6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8B6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6517

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6517	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.102 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1905c',
    500: '#8b6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6517;
$custom-light: #b1905c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53263,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6517

secondary

#3F69BF

accent

#75EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6517

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

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