#8B6016#8B6016

#8B6016 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.101 H 75.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6016
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 10.97, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 46.93, 76.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.22% 0.0256 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(52.22% 0.101 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9763, 13.9139, 2.6558)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6016 #16418B

analogous

#8B2616 #8B6016 #7C8B16

triadic

#8B6016 #168B60 #60168B

tetradic

#8B6016 #168B26 #16418B #8B167C

square

#8B6016 #168B26 #16418B #8B167C

split-complementary

#8B6016 #167C8B #26168B

monochromatic

#211705 #563C0E #8B6016 #C0841E #E0A43B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8B6016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8B6016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6016

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6016	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.101 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28d5b',
    500: '#8b6016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6016;
$custom-light: #b28d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.949,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5222,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6016

secondary

#3E6DBF

accent

#7CEF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6016

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

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