#8B6038#8B6038

#8B6038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.079 H 62.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6038
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 12.94, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 32.30, 66.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.0362 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.079 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5451, 14.1415, 5.6515)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6038 #38638B

analogous

#8B3839 #8B6038 #8B8938

triadic

#8B6038 #388B60 #60388B

tetradic

#8B6038 #398B38 #38638B #89388B

square

#8B6038 #398B38 #38638B #89388B

split-complementary

#8B6038 #388B89 #38398B

monochromatic

#342415 #5F4226 #8B6038 #B67E4A #C89D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8B6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B6038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6038

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6038	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)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.079 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08d6f',
    500: '#8b6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6038;
$custom-light: #b08d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.916,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52578,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6038

secondary

#6E91B1

accent

#96D255

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6038

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

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