#8B6617#8B6617

#8B6617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.102 H 81.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6617
RGB	rgb(139, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 7.50, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 47.29, 80.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.0157 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.102 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5546, 15.0548, 2.8971)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6617 #173C8B

analogous

#8B2C17 #8B6617 #768B17

triadic

#8B6617 #178B66 #66178B

tetradic

#8B6617 #178B2C #173C8B #8B1776

square

#8B6617 #178B2C #173C8B #8B1776

split-complementary

#8B6617 #17768B #2C178B

monochromatic

#221906 #563F0E #8B6617 #C08D20 #DFAB3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8B6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8B6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6617

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6617	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.102 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1915c',
    500: '#8b6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6617;
$custom-light: #b1915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53473,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6617

secondary

#3F68BF

accent

#73EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6617

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

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