#8B6524#8B6524

#8B6524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.094 H 77.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6524
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 8.66, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 42.05, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.0206 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.094 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6206, 14.9249, 3.7268)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6524 #244A8B

analogous

#8B3224 #8B6524 #7E8B24

triadic

#8B6524 #248B65 #65248B

tetradic

#8B6524 #248B32 #244A8B #8B247E

square

#8B6524 #248B32 #244A8B #8B247E

split-complementary

#8B6524 #247E8B #32248B

monochromatic

#2A1E0B #5A4217 #8B6524 #BC8831 #D3A556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8B6524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8B6524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6524

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6524	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)

#73661C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.094 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19063',
    500: '#8b6524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6524;
$custom-light: #b19063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.864,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53362,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6524

secondary

#5378B7

accent

#7FE246

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6524

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

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