#8A6216#8A6216

#8A6216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.101 H 78.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6216
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 9.33, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 46.88, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% 0.0209 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.101 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9948, 14.1978, 2.7096)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6216 #163E8A

analogous

#8A2816 #8A6216 #788A16

triadic

#8A6216 #168A62 #62168A

tetradic

#8A6216 #168A28 #163E8A #8A1678

square

#8A6216 #168A28 #163E8A #8A1678

split-complementary

#8A6216 #16788A #28168A

monochromatic

#201705 #553D0E #8A6216 #BF871E #E0A73B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8A6216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A6216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6216

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6216	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.101 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18e5b',
    500: '#8a6216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6216;
$custom-light: #b18e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5251,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6216

secondary

#3E6ABE

accent

#78EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6216

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

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