#8B6050#8B6050

#8B6050 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.062 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6050
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 80)
HSL	hsl(16, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 42.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 15.39, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 22.31, 46.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.0464 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.062 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2790, 14.4350, 9.5167)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6050 #507B8B

analogous

#8B505D #8B6050 #8B7D50

triadic

#8B6050 #508B60 #60508B

tetradic

#8B6050 #5D8B50 #507B8B #7D508B

square

#8B6050 #5D8B50 #507B8B #7D508B

split-complementary

#8B6050 #508B7D #505D8B

monochromatic

#3D2A23 #64453A #8B6050 #AB7E6D #C1A094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8B6050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8B6050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6050

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6050	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95595C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.062 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8d81',
    500: '#8b6050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6050;
$custom-light: #af8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53036,
    "c": 0.06169,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6050

secondary

#89A4AE

accent

#AAC365

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#110C0A

muted

#807D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6050

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

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