#8B6116#8B6116

#8B6116 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.101 H 76.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6116
RGB	rgb(139, 97, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 10.38, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 47.03, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% 0.0239 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.101 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0681, 14.0976, 2.6864)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6116 #16408B

analogous

#8B2716 #8B6116 #7B8B16

triadic

#8B6116 #168B61 #61168B

tetradic

#8B6116 #168B27 #16408B #8B167B

square

#8B6116 #168B27 #16408B #8B167B

split-complementary

#8B6116 #167B8B #27168B

monochromatic

#211705 #563C0E #8B6116 #C0861E #E0A53B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8B6116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8B6116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6116

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6116	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 97, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.101 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28d5b',
    500: '#8b6116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6116;
$custom-light: #b28d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52426,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6116

secondary

#3E6CBF

accent

#7AEF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6116

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

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