#8C6516#8C6516

#8C6516 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.103 H 79.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C6516
RGB	rgb(140, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 8.52, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 47.72, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.0184 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.103 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6148, 14.9420, 2.8206)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C6516 #163D8C

analogous

#8C2A16 #8C6516 #788C16

triadic

#8C6516 #168C65 #65168C

tetradic

#8C6516 #168C2A #163D8C #8C1678

square

#8C6516 #168C2A #163D8C #8C1678

split-complementary

#8C6516 #16788C #2A168C

monochromatic

#221905 #573F0E #8C6516 #C18B1E #E0AA3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8C6516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8C6516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C6516

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C6516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C6516	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c6516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.103 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2905b',
    500: '#8c6516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c6516;
$custom-light: #b2905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c6516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53377,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C6516

secondary

#3E69C0

accent

#75F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C6516

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

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