#8B6216#8B6216

#8B6216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.102 H 77.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6216
RGB	rgb(139, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 9.80, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 47.13, 78.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.0222 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.102 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1611, 14.2835, 2.7174)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6216 #163F8B

analogous

#8B2716 #8B6216 #7A8B16

triadic

#8B6216 #168B62 #62168B

tetradic

#8B6216 #168B27 #163F8B #8B167A

square

#8B6216 #168B27 #163F8B #8B167A

split-complementary

#8B6216 #167A8B #27168B

monochromatic

#211705 #563D0E #8B6216 #C0871E #E0A63B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8B6216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8B6216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6216

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6216	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.102 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28e5b',
    500: '#8b6216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6216;
$custom-light: #b28e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52632,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6216

secondary

#3E6BBF

accent

#79EF38

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6216

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

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