#8B601C#8B601C

#8B601C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.098 H 74.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B601C
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 28)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 11.20, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 44.74, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.027 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.098 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0410, 13.9398, 2.9969)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B601C #1C478B

analogous

#8B291C #8B601C #7E8B1C

triadic

#8B601C #1C8B60 #601C8B

tetradic

#8B601C #1C8B29 #1C478B #8B1C7E

square

#8B601C #1C8B29 #1C478B #8B1C7E

split-complementary

#8B601C #1C7E8B #291C8B

monochromatic

#251A07 #583D12 #8B601C #BE8326 #DAA147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B601C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B601C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B601C

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B601C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B601C	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b601c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.098 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d5e',
    500: '#8b601c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b601c;
$custom-light: #b18d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b601c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.757,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52261,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B601C

secondary

#4774BC

accent

#81E93E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B601C

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

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