#8A6423#8A6423

#8A6423 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.094 H 77.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6423
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 8.72, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 42.09, 78.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.0208 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.094 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3428, 14.6402, 3.6075)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6423 #23498A

analogous

#8A3123 #8A6423 #7D8A23

triadic

#8A6423 #238A64 #64238A

tetradic

#8A6423 #238A31 #23498A #8A237D

square

#8A6423 #238A31 #23498A #8A237D

split-complementary

#8A6423 #237D8A #31238A

monochromatic

#281D0A #594117 #8A6423 #BB872F #D4A454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8A6423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8A6423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6423

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6423	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72651A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.094 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09062',
    500: '#8a6423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6423;
$custom-light: #b09062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.864,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53025,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6423

secondary

#5177B7

accent

#7FE345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6423

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

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