#8A6237#8A6237

#8A6237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.079 H 66.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6237
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 11.23, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 32.59, 69.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.0311 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.079 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5394, 14.4156, 5.5777)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6237 #375F8A

analogous

#8A3837 #8A6237 #888A37

triadic

#8A6237 #378A62 #62378A

tetradic

#8A6237 #378A38 #375F8A #8A3788

square

#8A6237 #378A38 #375F8A #8A3788

split-complementary

#8A6237 #37888A #38378A

monochromatic

#322414 #5E4326 #8A6237 #B68148 #C89F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8A6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A6237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6237

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6237	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)

#6F6533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.079 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8e6f',
    500: '#8a6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6237;
$custom-light: #af8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.084,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52849,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6237

secondary

#6D8DB0

accent

#92D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6237

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

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