#8A6048#8A6048

#8A6048 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.066 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6048
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 72)
HSL	hsl(22, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 47.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 14.03, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 24.86, 55.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.0417 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.066 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8346, 14.2380, 8.0439)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6048 #48728A

analogous

#8A4851 #8A6048 #8A8148

triadic

#8A6048 #488A60 #60488A

tetradic

#8A6048 #518A48 #48728A #81488A

square

#8A6048 #518A48 #48728A #81488A

split-complementary

#8A6048 #488A81 #48518A

monochromatic

#3A281E #624433 #8A6048 #AD7D62 #C29F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8A6048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A6048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6048

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6048	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.066 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8d7b',
    500: '#8a6048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6048;
$custom-light: #ae8d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52742,
    "c": 0.06561,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6048

secondary

#809DAE

accent

#A2C860

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0ED

border

#CFCBC8

text

#110C09

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6048

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

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