#8B6037#8B6037

#8B6037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.080 H 63.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6037
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 12.86, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 32.76, 66.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.0358 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.08 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5209, 14.1318, 5.5239)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6037 #37628B

analogous

#8B3738 #8B6037 #8B8A37

triadic

#8B6037 #378B60 #60378B

tetradic

#8B6037 #388B37 #37628B #8A378B

square

#8B6037 #388B37 #37628B #8A378B

split-complementary

#8B6037 #378B8A #37388B

monochromatic

#332314 #5F4226 #8B6037 #B77E48 #C89D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8B6037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B6037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6037

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6037	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.080 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08d6f',
    500: '#8b6037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6037;
$custom-light: #b08d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52563,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6037

secondary

#6D90B1

accent

#95D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6037

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

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