#8B6828#8B6828

#8B6828 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.092 H 79.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6828
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 7.13, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 40.77, 79.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.0168 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.092 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9818, 15.5440, 4.1656)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6828 #284B8B

analogous

#8B3728 #8B6828 #7C8B28

triadic

#8B6828 #288B68 #68288B

tetradic

#8B6828 #288B37 #284B8B #8B287C

square

#8B6828 #288B37 #284B8B #8B287C

split-complementary

#8B6828 #287C8B #37288B

monochromatic

#2C210D #5B441A #8B6828 #BB8C36 #D0A85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8B6828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8B6828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6828

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6828	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.092 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09265',
    500: '#8b6828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6828;
$custom-light: #b09265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.788,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54031,
    "c": 0.09197,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6828

secondary

#597AB6

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6828

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

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