#8B6D18#8B6D18

#8B6D18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.104 H 87.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6D18
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 24)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 3.49, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 48.15, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0043 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.104 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2820, 16.4933, 3.1899)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6D18 #18368B

analogous

#8B3418 #8B6D18 #708B18

triadic

#8B6D18 #188B6D #6D188B

tetradic

#8B6D18 #188B34 #18368B #8B1870

square

#8B6D18 #188B34 #18368B #8B1870

split-complementary

#8B6D18 #18708B #34188B

monochromatic

#231B06 #57440F #8B6D18 #BF9621 #DEB53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8B6D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8B6D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6D18

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6D18	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.104 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1965d',
    500: '#8b6d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6d18;
$custom-light: #b1965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54972,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6D18

secondary

#4061BE

accent

#69ED3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6D18

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

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