#8B6040#8B6040

#8B6040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.073 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6040
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 13.66, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 28.65, 61.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.0395 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.073 57)
XYZ	xyz(15.7566, 14.2261, 6.7655)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6040 #406B8B

analogous

#8B4045 #8B6040 #8B8640

triadic

#8B6040 #408B60 #60408B

tetradic

#8B6040 #458B40 #406B8B #86408B

square

#8B6040 #458B40 #406B8B #86408B

split-complementary

#8B6040 #408B86 #40458B

monochromatic

#372619 #61432D #8B6040 #B27D57 #C59E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8B6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8B6040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6040

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6040	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.073 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8d75',
    500: '#8b6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6040;
$custom-light: #af8d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.6,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52711,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.14225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6040

secondary

#7897AF

accent

#9CCD5B

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110C08

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6040

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

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