#8A6038#8A6038

#8A6038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.078 H 63.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6038
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 12.49, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 31.96, 67.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.035 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.078 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3788, 14.0557, 5.6437)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6038 #38628A

analogous

#8A3839 #8A6038 #8A8938

triadic

#8A6038 #388A60 #60388A

tetradic

#8A6038 #398A38 #38628A #89388A

square

#8A6038 #398A38 #38628A #89388A

split-complementary

#8A6038 #388A89 #38398A

monochromatic

#332315 #5E4226 #8A6038 #B57E4A #C79D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8A6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8A6038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6038

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6038	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)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.078 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8d6f',
    500: '#8a6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6038;
$custom-light: #af8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.268,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52456,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6038

secondary

#6E90B0

accent

#95D256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6038

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

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