#8B6822#8B6822

#8B6822 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.096 H 81.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6822
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 34)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 6.81, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 43.38, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.015 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.096 81)
XYZ	xyz(15.8875, 15.5063, 3.6693)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6822 #22458B

analogous

#8B3422 #8B6822 #7A8B22

triadic

#8B6822 #228B68 #68228B

tetradic

#8B6822 #228B34 #22458B #8B227A

square

#8B6822 #228B34 #22458B #8B227A

split-complementary

#8B6822 #227A8B #34228B

monochromatic

#291E0A #5A4316 #8B6822 #BC8D2E #D5A953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8B6822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8B6822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6822

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6822	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.096 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19262',
    500: '#8b6822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6822;
$custom-light: #b19262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53975,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.15505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6822

secondary

#5073B8

accent

#79E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6822

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

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