#8A6231#8A6231

#8A6231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.083 H 69.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6231
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 10.77, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 35.44, 72.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.0288 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.083 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4042, 14.3616, 4.8659)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6231 #31598A

analogous

#8A3631 #8A6231 #868A31

triadic

#8A6231 #318A62 #62318A

tetradic

#8A6231 #318A36 #31598A #8A3186

square

#8A6231 #318A36 #31598A #8A3186

split-complementary

#8A6231 #31868A #36318A

monochromatic

#302211 #5D4221 #8A6231 #B78241 #CAA06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8A6231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8A6231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6231

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6231	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.083 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8e6b',
    500: '#8a6231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6231;
$custom-light: #af8e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.034,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52765,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6231

secondary

#6588B2

accent

#8DD751

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6231

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

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