#8A6037#8A6037

#8A6037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.079 H 64.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6037
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(30, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 12.41, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 32.43, 67.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.0346 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.079 64)
XYZ	xyz(15.3546, 14.0460, 5.5161)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6037 #37618A

analogous

#8A3737 #8A6037 #8A8937

triadic

#8A6037 #378A60 #60378A

tetradic

#8A6037 #378A37 #37618A #89378A

square

#8A6037 #378A37 #37618A #89378A

split-complementary

#8A6037 #378A89 #37378A

monochromatic

#322314 #5E4226 #8A6037 #B67E48 #C89D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8A6037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8A6037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6037

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6037	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.079 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8d6f',
    500: '#8a6037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6037;
$custom-light: #af8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.639,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52441,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.14045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6037

secondary

#6D8FB0

accent

#95D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6037

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

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