#8B6018#8B6018

#8B6018 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.100 H 75.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6018
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 24)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 11.04, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 46.23, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.026 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.1 75)
XYZ	xyz(14.9963, 13.9220, 2.7614)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6018 #18438B

analogous

#8B2618 #8B6018 #7D8B18

triadic

#8B6018 #188B60 #60188B

tetradic

#8B6018 #188B26 #18438B #8B187D

square

#8B6018 #188B26 #18438B #8B187D

split-complementary

#8B6018 #187D8B #26188B

monochromatic

#231806 #573C0F #8B6018 #BF8421 #DEA33F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8B6018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8B6018 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6018

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6018	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)

#70620A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.100 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28d5c',
    500: '#8b6018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6018;
$custom-light: #b28d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52233,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.13921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6018

secondary

#4070BE

accent

#7DED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6018

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

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