#8B6522#8B6522

#8B6522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.095 H 77.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6522
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 8.55, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 42.91, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.0201 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.095 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5909, 14.9130, 3.5704)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6522 #22488B

analogous

#8B3122 #8B6522 #7D8B22

triadic

#8B6522 #228B65 #65228B

tetradic

#8B6522 #228B31 #22488B #8B227D

square

#8B6522 #228B31 #22488B #8B227D

split-complementary

#8B6522 #227D8B #31228B

monochromatic

#291E0A #5A4116 #8B6522 #BC892E #D5A653

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8B6522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8B6522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6522

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6522	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.095 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19062',
    500: '#8b6522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6522;
$custom-light: #b19062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53344,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6522

secondary

#5076B8

accent

#7EE444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6522

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

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