#8D5E17#8D5E17

#8D5E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.102 H 71.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5E17
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 13.10, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 46.99, 73.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.0318 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.102 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1430, 13.7314, 2.6633)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5E17 #17468D

analogous

#8D2317 #8D5E17 #818D17

triadic

#8D5E17 #178D5E #5E178D

tetradic

#8D5E17 #178D23 #17468D #8D1781

square

#8D5E17 #178D23 #17468D #8D1781

split-complementary

#8D5E17 #17818D #23178D

monochromatic

#241806 #583B0E #8D5E17 #C28120 #E0A03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8D5E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8D5E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5E17

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5E17	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.102 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38b5b',
    500: '#8d5e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5e17;
$custom-light: #b38b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.102,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52071,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5E17

secondary

#4073C0

accent

#81EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5E17

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

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