#8A6142#8A6142

#8A6142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.070 H 57.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6142
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.73, 12.82, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.73, 27.41, 62.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.0373 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.07 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7401, 14.3472, 7.0935)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6142 #426B8A

analogous

#8A4247 #8A6142 #8A8542

triadic

#8A6142 #428A61 #61428A

tetradic

#8A6142 #478A42 #426B8A #85428A

square

#8A6142 #478A42 #426B8A #85428A

split-complementary

#8A6142 #428A85 #42478A

monochromatic

#37271A #61442E #8A6142 #B07F59 #C49F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#8A6142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8A6142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6142

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6142	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.070 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8e77',
    500: '#8a6142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6142;
$custom-light: #ae8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.833,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52828,
    "c": 0.06973,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6142

secondary

#7998AE

accent

#9CCB5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110C08

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6142

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

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