#8B6624#8B6624

#8B6624 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.094 H 78.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6624
RGB	rgb(139, 102, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 8.07, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 42.20, 78.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% 0.0189 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.094 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7183, 15.1203, 3.7594)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6624 #24498B

analogous

#8B3324 #8B6624 #7D8B24

triadic

#8B6624 #248B66 #66248B

tetradic

#8B6624 #248B33 #24498B #8B247D

square

#8B6624 #248B33 #24498B #8B247D

split-complementary

#8B6624 #247D8B #33248B

monochromatic

#2A1F0B #5A4217 #8B6624 #BC8A31 #D3A656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#8B6624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8B6624 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6624

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6624	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74671B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 102, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.094 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19163',
    500: '#8b6624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6624;
$custom-light: #b19163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53572,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6624

secondary

#5377B7

accent

#7EE246

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6624

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

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