#8B6142#8B6142

#8B6142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.071 H 56.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6142
RGB	rgb(139, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(25, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 13.26, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 27.78, 61.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% 0.0386 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.071 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9064, 14.4329, 7.1013)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6142 #426C8B

analogous

#8B4248 #8B6142 #8B8542

triadic

#8B6142 #428B61 #61428B

tetradic

#8B6142 #488B42 #426C8B #85428B

square

#8B6142 #488B42 #426C8B #85428B

split-complementary

#8B6142 #428B85 #42488B

monochromatic

#38271B #62442E #8B6142 #B17F5A #C49F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8B6142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8B6142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6142

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6142	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)

#6D6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.071 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8e77',
    500: '#8b6142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6142;
$custom-light: #af8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.479,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52948,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6142

secondary

#7A98AF

accent

#9CCC5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110C08

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6142

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

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