#8B601E#8B601E

#8B601E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.097 H 73.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B601E
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 30)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 11.28, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 43.95, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.0275 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.097 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0658, 13.9497, 3.1271)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B601E #1E498B

analogous

#8B291E #8B601E #7F8B1E

triadic

#8B601E #1E8B60 #601E8B

tetradic

#8B601E #1E8B29 #1E498B #8B1E7F

square

#8B601E #1E8B29 #1E498B #8B1E7F

split-complementary

#8B601E #1E7F8B #291E8B

monochromatic

#261A08 #593D13 #8B601E #BD8329 #D8A14B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B601E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B601E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B601E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B601E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B601E	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)

#6F6214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b601e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.097 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d5f',
    500: '#8b601e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b601e;
$custom-light: #b18d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b601e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.33,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52277,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B601E

secondary

#4A77BB

accent

#82E740

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B601E

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

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