#8B6836#8B6836

#8B6836 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.081 H 74.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6836
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 8.10, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 34.15, 76.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.0216 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.081 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2645, 15.6571, 5.6548)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6836 #36598B

analogous

#8B3D36 #8B6836 #838B36

triadic

#8B6836 #368B68 #68368B

tetradic

#8B6836 #368B3D #36598B #8B3683

square

#8B6836 #368B3D #36598B #8B3683

split-complementary

#8B6836 #36838B #3D368B

monochromatic

#332614 #5F4725 #8B6836 #B78947 #C9A573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8B6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8B6836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6836

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6836	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.081 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0936e',
    500: '#8b6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6836;
$custom-light: #b0936e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54197,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6836

secondary

#6C88B1

accent

#89D454

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6836

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

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