#8B6318#8B6318

#8B6318 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.101 H 78.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6318
RGB	rgb(139, 99, 24)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 9.29, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 46.55, 78.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.0209 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.101 78)
XYZ	xyz(15.2753, 14.4799, 2.8544)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6318 #18408B

analogous

#8B2918 #8B6318 #7A8B18

triadic

#8B6318 #188B63 #63188B

tetradic

#8B6318 #188B29 #18408B #8B187A

square

#8B6318 #188B29 #18408B #8B187A

split-complementary

#8B6318 #187A8B #29188B

monochromatic

#231906 #573E0F #8B6318 #BF8821 #DEA73F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#8B6318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8B6318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6318

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6318	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 99, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.101 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28f5c',
    500: '#8b6318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6318;
$custom-light: #b28f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52852,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.14479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6318

secondary

#406CBE

accent

#79ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6318

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

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