#8B6021#8B6021

#8B6021 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.095 H 72.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6021
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 11.42, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 42.72, 74.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.0283 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.095 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1059, 13.9658, 3.3386)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6021 #214C8B

analogous

#8B2B21 #8B6021 #818B21

triadic

#8B6021 #218B60 #60218B

tetradic

#8B6021 #218B2B #214C8B #8B2181

square

#8B6021 #218B2B #214C8B #8B2181

split-complementary

#8B6021 #21818B #2B218B

monochromatic

#281C0A #5A3E15 #8B6021 #BC822D #D6A051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B6021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B6021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6021

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6021	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)

#6F6218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.095 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d60',
    500: '#8b6021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6021;
$custom-light: #b18d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52302,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6021

secondary

#4F7AB9

accent

#85E543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6021

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

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