#8A4E37#8A4E37

#8A4E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.088 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E37
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 22.90, 24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 33.49, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% 0.0662 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.088 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8962, 11.1293, 5.0300)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E37 #37738A

analogous

#8A3749 #8A4E37 #8A7837

triadic

#8A4E37 #378A4E #4E378A

tetradic

#8A4E37 #498A37 #37738A #78378A

square

#8A4E37 #498A37 #37738A #78378A

split-complementary

#8A4E37 #378A78 #37498A

monochromatic

#321D14 #5E3526 #8A4E37 #B66748 #C88B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8A4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8A4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E37

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E37	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.088 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0806e',
    500: '#8a4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e37;
$custom-light: #b0806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.627,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4896,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E37

secondary

#6D9EB0

accent

#B0D355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E37

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

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