#8B6414#8B6414

#8B6414 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.103 H 79.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6414
RGB	rgb(139, 100, 20)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 8.57, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 48.02, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.0184 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.103 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3320, 14.6551, 2.6829)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6414 #143B8B

analogous

#8B2814 #8B6414 #768B14

triadic

#8B6414 #148B64 #64148B

tetradic

#8B6414 #148B28 #143B8B #8B1476

square

#8B6414 #148B28 #143B8B #8B1476

split-complementary

#8B6414 #14768B #28148B

monochromatic

#201705 #553E0C #8B6414 #C18A1C #E2AA37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8B6414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8B6414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6414

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6414	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 100, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.103 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28f5a',
    500: '#8b6414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6414;
$custom-light: #b28f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53037,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6414

secondary

#3C67BF

accent

#74F136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6414

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

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