#8A6416#8A6416

#8A6416 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.101 H 80.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6416
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 8.16, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 47.13, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.0175 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.101 80)
XYZ	xyz(15.1843, 14.5768, 2.7728)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6416 #163C8A

analogous

#8A2A16 #8A6416 #768A16

triadic

#8A6416 #168A64 #64168A

tetradic

#8A6416 #168A2A #163C8A #8A1676

square

#8A6416 #168A2A #163C8A #8A1676

split-complementary

#8A6416 #16768A #2A168A

monochromatic

#201805 #553E0E #8A6416 #BF8A1E #E0AA3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8A6416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8A6416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6416

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6416	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.101 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18f5b',
    500: '#8a6416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6416;
$custom-light: #b18f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52928,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.14576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6416

secondary

#3E68BE

accent

#74EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6416

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

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