#8B6917#8B6917

#8B6917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.103 H 84.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6917
RGB	rgb(139, 105, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 5.76, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 47.75, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.0107 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.103 84)
XYZ	xyz(15.8548, 15.6552, 2.9971)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6917 #17398B

analogous

#8B2F17 #8B6917 #738B17

triadic

#8B6917 #178B69 #69178B

tetradic

#8B6917 #178B2F #17398B #8B1773

square

#8B6917 #178B2F #17398B #8B1773

split-complementary

#8B6917 #17738B #2F178B

monochromatic

#221A06 #56410E #8B6917 #C09120 #DFB03D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8B6917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8B6917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6917

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6917	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 105, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.103 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1935c',
    500: '#8b6917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6917;
$custom-light: #b1935c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54108,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.15654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6917

secondary

#3F65BF

accent

#6EEE39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6917

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

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