#8A6232#8A6232

#8A6232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.083 H 69.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6232
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 50)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 10.84, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 34.96, 71.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.0292 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.083 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4256, 14.3701, 4.9783)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6232 #325A8A

analogous

#8A3632 #8A6232 #868A32

triadic

#8A6232 #328A62 #62328A

tetradic

#8A6232 #328A36 #325A8A #8A3286

square

#8A6232 #328A36 #325A8A #8A3286

split-complementary

#8A6232 #32868A #36328A

monochromatic

#302211 #5D4222 #8A6232 #B78242 #CA9F6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8A6232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8A6232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6232

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6232	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)

#70642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.083 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8e6b',
    500: '#8a6232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6232;
$custom-light: #af8e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52779,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6232

secondary

#6688B2

accent

#8ED651

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6232

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

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