#8B6020#8B6020

#8B6020 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.096 H 73.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6020
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 32)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 11.37, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 43.14, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.028 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.096 73)
XYZ	xyz(15.0921, 13.9603, 3.2660)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6020 #204B8B

analogous

#8B2A20 #8B6020 #808B20

triadic

#8B6020 #208B60 #60208B

tetradic

#8B6020 #208B2A #204B8B #8B2080

square

#8B6020 #208B2A #204B8B #8B2080

split-complementary

#8B6020 #20808B #2A208B

monochromatic

#281B09 #593E15 #8B6020 #BD822B #D6A04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B6020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B6020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6020

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6020	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)

#6F6217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.096 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d60',
    500: '#8b6020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6020;
$custom-light: #b18d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.888,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52293,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.13959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6020

secondary

#4D79BA

accent

#84E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6020

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

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