#8A6236#8A6236

#8A6236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.079 H 67.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6236
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 11.15, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 33.06, 70.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.0307 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.079 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5157, 14.4062, 5.4528)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6236 #365E8A

analogous

#8A3836 #8A6236 #888A36

triadic

#8A6236 #368A62 #62368A

tetradic

#8A6236 #368A38 #365E8A #8A3688

square

#8A6236 #368A38 #365E8A #8A3688

split-complementary

#8A6236 #36888A #38368A

monochromatic

#322414 #5E4325 #8A6236 #B68147 #C89F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8A6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A6236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6236

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6236	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.079 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8e6e',
    500: '#8a6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6236;
$custom-light: #af8e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52835,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6236

secondary

#6B8CB1

accent

#91D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6236

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

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