#8A6229#8A6229

#8A6229 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.090 H 73.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6229
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 41)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 10.23, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 39.16, 74.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.026 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.09 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2502, 14.2999, 4.0544)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6229 #29518A

analogous

#8A3229 #8A6229 #818A29

triadic

#8A6229 #298A62 #62298A

tetradic

#8A6229 #298A32 #29518A #8A2981

square

#8A6229 #298A32 #29518A #8A2981

split-complementary

#8A6229 #29818A #32298A

monochromatic

#2C1F0D #5B401B #8A6229 #B98437 #CFA15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8A6229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8A6229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6229

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6229	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)

#706423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.090 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08e65',
    500: '#8a6229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6229;
$custom-light: #b08e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.258,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5267,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6229

secondary

#5A7FB5

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6229

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

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