#8B6121#8B6121

#8B6121 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.096 H 73.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6121
RGB	rgb(139, 97, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 10.84, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 42.82, 75.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% 0.0266 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.096 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1977, 14.1494, 3.3692)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6121 #214B8B

analogous

#8B2C21 #8B6121 #808B21

triadic

#8B6121 #218B61 #61218B

tetradic

#8B6121 #218B2C #214B8B #8B2180

square

#8B6121 #218B2C #214B8B #8B2180

split-complementary

#8B6121 #21808B #2C218B

monochromatic

#281C0A #5A3E15 #8B6121 #BC842D #D6A151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8B6121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B6121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6121

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6121	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)

#706318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 97, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.096 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d61',
    500: '#8b6121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6121;
$custom-light: #b18d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52507,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6121

secondary

#4F79B9

accent

#83E543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6121

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

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