#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
RGBrgb(139, 105, 23)
HSLhsl(42, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(42, 83%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(46.52, 5.76, 47.40)
CIE-LCHlch(46.52, 47.75, 83.07°)
OKLaboklab(54.11% 0.0107 0.1022)
OKLCHoklch(54.11% 0.103 84)
XYZxyz(15.8548, 15.6552, 2.9971)
Luminance0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##8B69171.005.084.135.08
#FFFFFF5.081.0021.001.00
#0000004.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.081.0021.001.00

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

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#8B6917 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva