#8A4E38#8A4E38

#8A4E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.088 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E38
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 22.98, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 33.13, 46.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.0666 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.088 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9204, 11.1390, 5.1575)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E38 #38748A

analogous

#8A384B #8A4E38 #8A7738

triadic

#8A4E38 #388A4E #4E388A

tetradic

#8A4E38 #4B8A38 #38748A #77388A

square

#8A4E38 #4B8A38 #38748A #77388A

split-complementary

#8A4E38 #388A77 #384B8A

monochromatic

#331D15 #5E3526 #8A4E38 #B5674A #C78B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8A4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8A4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E38

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E38	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)

#5E5636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.088 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0806f',
    500: '#8a4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e38;
$custom-light: #b0806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.098,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48978,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E38

secondary

#6E9EB0

accent

#B1D256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E38

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

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