#8B6036#8B6036

#8B6036 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.080 H 63.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6036
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 12.78, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 33.23, 67.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.0355 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.08 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4971, 14.1223, 5.3990)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6036 #36618B

analogous

#8B3637 #8B6036 #8B8A36

triadic

#8B6036 #368B60 #60368B

tetradic

#8B6036 #378B36 #36618B #8A368B

square

#8B6036 #378B36 #36618B #8A368B

split-complementary

#8B6036 #368B8A #36378B

monochromatic

#332314 #5F4225 #8B6036 #B77E47 #C99D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8B6036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8B6036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6036

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6036	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.080 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08d6e',
    500: '#8b6036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6036;
$custom-light: #b08d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.647,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52548,
    "c": 0.08043,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6036

secondary

#6C8FB1

accent

#95D454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6036

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

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