#8A6016#8A6016

#8A6016 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.101 H 76.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6016
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 10.50, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 46.67, 77.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.0243 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.101 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8100, 13.8282, 2.6480)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6016 #16408A

analogous

#8A2616 #8A6016 #7A8A16

triadic

#8A6016 #168A60 #60168A

tetradic

#8A6016 #168A26 #16408A #8A167A

square

#8A6016 #168A26 #16408A #8A167A

split-complementary

#8A6016 #167A8A #26168A

monochromatic

#201705 #553B0E #8A6016 #BF851E #E0A43B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A6016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A6016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6016

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6016	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.101 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d5b',
    500: '#8a6016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6016;
$custom-light: #b18d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52096,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6016

secondary

#3E6CBE

accent

#7BEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6016

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

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