#8A4D27#8A4D27

#8A4D27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.097 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4D27
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 39)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 22.35, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 39.89, 55.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.0618 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.097 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5024, 10.8590, 3.3040)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4D27 #27648A

analogous

#8A2733 #8A4D27 #8A7E27

triadic

#8A4D27 #278A4D #4D278A

tetradic

#8A4D27 #338A27 #27648A #7E278A

square

#8A4D27 #338A27 #27648A #7E278A

split-complementary

#8A4D27 #278A7E #27338A

monochromatic

#2B180C #5A321A #8A4D27 #BA6834 #D1885B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#8A4D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8A4D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4D27

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4D27	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.097 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17f63',
    500: '#8a4d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4d27;
$custom-light: #b17f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.03,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4854,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4D27

secondary

#5791B6

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEEA

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110A05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4D27

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

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