#8B6039#8B6039

#8B6039 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.078 H 62.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6039
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 13.02, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 31.84, 65.85°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.0366 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.078 62)
XYZ	xyz(15.5698, 14.1513, 5.7816)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6039 #39648B

analogous

#8B393B #8B6039 #8B8939

triadic

#8B6039 #398B60 #60398B

tetradic

#8B6039 #3B8B39 #39648B #89398B

square

#8B6039 #3B8B39 #39648B #89398B

split-complementary

#8B6039 #398B89 #393B8B

monochromatic

#342415 #604227 #8B6039 #B57E4C #C79D77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8B6039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B6039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6039

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6039	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.078 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08d70',
    500: '#8b6039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6039;
$custom-light: #b08d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.537,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52594,
    "c": 0.07808,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.1415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6039

secondary

#6F91B0

accent

#97D256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6039

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

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