#8B6D56#8B6D56

#8B6D56 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.051 H 58.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6D56
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 8.52, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 19.37, 63.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.0264 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.051 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7963, 17.0991, 11.1654)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6D56 #56748B

analogous

#8B565A #8B6D56 #8B8856

triadic

#8B6D56 #568B6D #6D568B

tetradic

#8B6D56 #5A8B56 #56748B #88568B

square

#8B6D56 #5A8B56 #56748B #88568B

split-complementary

#8B6D56 #568B88 #565A8B

monochromatic

#3F3227 #654F3F #8B6D56 #A98C75 #C1AB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8B6D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8B6D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6D56

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6D56	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.051 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9685',
    500: '#8b6d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6d56;
$custom-light: #ae9685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.038,
    "s": 23.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55824,
    "c": 0.0511,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6D56

secondary

#8EA1AE

accent

#9AC068

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2EF

border

#CECCCA

text

#100D0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6D56

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

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