Exploring the Color #8B6351

#8B6351 sits at 19° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 26% saturation and 43% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 139, 99, 81 produces a 5.25:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8B6351 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 42 units away from #696969. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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