#8B6232#8B6232

#8B6232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.083 H 68.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6232
RGB	rgb(139, 98, 50)
HSL	hsl(32, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 11.30, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 35.27, 71.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.0305 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.083 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5918, 14.4558, 4.9861)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6232 #325B8B

analogous

#8B3632 #8B6232 #888B32

triadic

#8B6232 #328B62 #62328B

tetradic

#8B6232 #328B36 #325B8B #8B3288

square

#8B6232 #328B36 #325B8B #8B3288

split-complementary

#8B6232 #32888B #36328B

monochromatic

#312312 #5E4222 #8B6232 #B88242 #CA9F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8B6232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8B6232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6232

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6232	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)

#70642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 98, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.083 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08e6b',
    500: '#8b6232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6232;
$custom-light: #b08e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.36,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52899,
    "c": 0.08341,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6232

secondary

#6789B2

accent

#8FD751

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6232

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

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