#8A6017#8A6017

#8A6017 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.100 H 75.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6017
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 10.53, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 46.33, 76.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.0245 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.1 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8199, 13.8321, 2.6998)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6017 #17418A

analogous

#8A2717 #8A6017 #7B8A17

triadic

#8A6017 #178A60 #60178A

tetradic

#8A6017 #178A27 #17418A #8A177B

square

#8A6017 #178A27 #17418A #8A177B

split-complementary

#8A6017 #177B8A #27178A

monochromatic

#211706 #563C0E #8A6017 #BE8420 #DFA43D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A6017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A6017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6017

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6017	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)

#6F6208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.100 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18d5b',
    500: '#8a6017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6017;
$custom-light: #b18d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52103,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6017

secondary

#3F6DBE

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6017

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

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