#8B6218#8B6218

#8B6218 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.101 H 77.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6218
RGB	rgb(139, 98, 24)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 9.87, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 46.43, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.0226 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.101 77)
XYZ	xyz(15.1811, 14.2916, 2.8230)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6218 #18418B

analogous

#8B2918 #8B6218 #7B8B18

triadic

#8B6218 #188B62 #62188B

tetradic

#8B6218 #188B29 #18418B #8B187B

square

#8B6218 #188B29 #18418B #8B187B

split-complementary

#8B6218 #187B8B #29188B

monochromatic

#231806 #573D0F #8B6218 #BF8721 #DEA53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8B6218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8B6218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6218

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6218	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 98, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.101 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28e5c',
    500: '#8b6218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6218;
$custom-light: #b28e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.609,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52645,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.1429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6218

secondary

#406DBE

accent

#7AED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6218

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

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