#8A6317#8A6317

#8A6317 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.101 H 78.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6317
RGB	rgb(138, 99, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 8.78, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 46.66, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.0194 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.101 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0988, 14.3901, 2.7928)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6317 #173E8A

analogous

#8A2917 #8A6317 #788A17

triadic

#8A6317 #178A63 #63178A

tetradic

#8A6317 #178A29 #173E8A #8A1778

square

#8A6317 #178A29 #173E8A #8A1778

split-complementary

#8A6317 #17788A #29178A

monochromatic

#211806 #563D0E #8A6317 #BE8920 #DFA83D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8A6317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A6317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6317

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6317	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 99, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.101 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18f5b',
    500: '#8a6317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6317;
$custom-light: #b18f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52725,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6317

secondary

#3F6ABE

accent

#77EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6317

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

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