#8D5717#8D5717

#8D5717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.103 H 65.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5717
RGB	rgb(141, 87, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 17.18, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 46.80, 68.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.0437 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.103 65)
XYZ	xyz(14.5486, 12.5424, 2.4652)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5717 #174D8D

analogous

#8D1C17 #8D5717 #888D17

triadic

#8D5717 #178D57 #57178D

tetradic

#8D5717 #178D1C #174D8D #8D1788

square

#8D5717 #178D1C #174D8D #8D1788

split-complementary

#8D5717 #17888D #1C178D

monochromatic

#241606 #58370E #8D5717 #C27720 #E0963F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8D5717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8D5717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5717

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5717	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 87, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.103 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4865a',
    500: '#8d5717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5717;
$custom-light: #b4865a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.542,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50688,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.12541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5717

secondary

#407AC0

accent

#8CEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5717

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

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