#8A6228#8A6228

#8A6228 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.090 H 73.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6228
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 40)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 10.17, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 39.61, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.0257 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.09 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2329, 14.2931, 3.9636)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6228 #28508A

analogous

#8A3128 #8A6228 #818A28

triadic

#8A6228 #288A62 #62288A

tetradic

#8A6228 #288A31 #28508A #8A2881

square

#8A6228 #288A31 #28508A #8A2881

split-complementary

#8A6228 #28818A #31288A

monochromatic

#2B1F0C #5B401A #8A6228 #B98436 #D0A15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8A6228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8A6228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6228

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6228	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.090 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08e65',
    500: '#8a6228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6228;
$custom-light: #b08e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52659,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6228

secondary

#597EB5

accent

#86DE49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6228

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

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