#8B6818#8B6818

#8B6818 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.102 H 82.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6818
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 24)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 6.38, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 47.24, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.0125 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.102 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7637, 15.4567, 3.0172)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6818 #183B8B

analogous

#8B2F18 #8B6818 #758B18

triadic

#8B6818 #188B68 #68188B

tetradic

#8B6818 #188B2F #183B8B #8B1875

square

#8B6818 #188B2F #183B8B #8B1875

split-complementary

#8B6818 #18758B #2F188B

monochromatic

#231A06 #57410F #8B6818 #BF8F21 #DEAE3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8B6818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8B6818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6818

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6818	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.102 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1925d',
    500: '#8b6818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6818;
$custom-light: #b1925d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53902,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6818

secondary

#4067BE

accent

#71ED3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6818

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

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