#8B6519#8B6519

#8B6519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.101 H 79.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6519
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 25)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 8.16, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 46.44, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.0178 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.101 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4777, 14.8678, 2.9741)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6519 #193F8B

analogous

#8B2C19 #8B6519 #788B19

triadic

#8B6519 #198B65 #65198B

tetradic

#8B6519 #198B2C #193F8B #8B1978

square

#8B6519 #198B2C #193F8B #8B1978

split-complementary

#8B6519 #19788B #2C198B

monochromatic

#231A06 #573F10 #8B6519 #BF8B22 #DDA941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8B6519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8B6519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6519

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6519	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74660A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.101 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1905d',
    500: '#8b6519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6519;
$custom-light: #b1905d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53276,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6519

secondary

#426BBE

accent

#76EC3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6519

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

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