#8A6217#8A6217

#8A6217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.101 H 77.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6217
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 9.36, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 46.54, 78.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.0211 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.101 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0047, 14.2017, 2.7614)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6217 #173F8A

analogous

#8A2817 #8A6217 #798A17

triadic

#8A6217 #178A62 #62178A

tetradic

#8A6217 #178A28 #173F8A #8A1779

square

#8A6217 #178A28 #173F8A #8A1779

split-complementary

#8A6217 #17798A #28178A

monochromatic

#211706 #563D0E #8A6217 #BE8720 #DFA63D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8A6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6217

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6217	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)

#716307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.101 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18e5b',
    500: '#8a6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6217;
$custom-light: #b18e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52516,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6217

secondary

#3F6BBE

accent

#78EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6217

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

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