#8B6817#8B6817

#8B6817 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.102 H 83.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6817
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 6.34, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 47.59, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.0123 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.102 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7535, 15.4527, 2.9634)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6817 #173A8B

analogous

#8B2E17 #8B6817 #748B17

triadic

#8B6817 #178B68 #68178B

tetradic

#8B6817 #178B2E #173A8B #8B1774

square

#8B6817 #178B2E #173A8B #8B1774

split-complementary

#8B6817 #17748B #2E178B

monochromatic

#221906 #56410E #8B6817 #C08F20 #DFAE3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8B6817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8B6817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6817

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6817	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.102 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1925c',
    500: '#8b6817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6817;
$custom-light: #b1925c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53896,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6817

secondary

#3F66BF

accent

#70EE39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6817

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

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