#8B6229#8B6229

#8B6229 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.090 H 72.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6229
RGB	rgb(139, 98, 41)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 10.69, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 39.44, 74.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.0273 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.09 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4164, 14.3857, 4.0622)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6229 #29528B

analogous

#8B3129 #8B6229 #838B29

triadic

#8B6229 #298B62 #62298B

tetradic

#8B6229 #298B31 #29528B #8B2983

square

#8B6229 #298B31 #29528B #8B2983

split-complementary

#8B6229 #29838B #31298B

monochromatic

#2C1F0D #5C411B #8B6229 #BA8337 #D0A05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8B6229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B6229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6229

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6229	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 98, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.090 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18e65',
    500: '#8b6229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6229;
$custom-light: #b18e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.898,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52791,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6229

secondary

#5B80B5

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6229

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

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