#8B6717#8B6717

#8B6717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.102 H 82.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6717
RGB	rgb(139, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 6.92, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 47.43, 81.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.014 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.102 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6534, 15.2525, 2.9300)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6717 #173B8B

analogous

#8B2D17 #8B6717 #758B17

triadic

#8B6717 #178B67 #67178B

tetradic

#8B6717 #178B2D #173B8B #8B1775

square

#8B6717 #178B2D #173B8B #8B1775

split-complementary

#8B6717 #17758B #2D178B

monochromatic

#221906 #56400E #8B6717 #C08E20 #DFAD3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8B6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8B6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6717

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6717	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.102 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1925c',
    500: '#8b6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6717;
$custom-light: #b1925c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53684,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6717

secondary

#3F67BF

accent

#72EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6717

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

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