#8A6136#8A6136

#8A6136 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.079 H 65.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6136
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 54)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 11.74, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 32.97, 69.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.0324 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.079 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4227, 14.2202, 5.4218)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6136 #365F8A

analogous

#8A3736 #8A6136 #898A36

triadic

#8A6136 #368A61 #61368A

tetradic

#8A6136 #368A37 #365F8A #8A3689

square

#8A6136 #368A37 #365F8A #8A3689

split-complementary

#8A6136 #36898A #37368A

monochromatic

#322314 #5E4225 #8A6136 #B68047 #C89E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8A6136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A6136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6136

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6136	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.079 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8e6e',
    500: '#8a6136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6136;
$custom-light: #af8e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5263,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6136

secondary

#6B8DB1

accent

#92D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6136

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

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