#8A642C#8A642C

#8A642C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.088 H 74.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A642C
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 9.25, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 38.04, 75.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.0236 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.088 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4940, 14.7006, 4.4038)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A642C #2C528A

analogous

#8A352C #8A642C #818A2C

triadic

#8A642C #2C8A64 #642C8A

tetradic

#8A642C #2C8A35 #2C528A #8A2C81

square

#8A642C #2C8A35 #2C528A #8A2C81

split-complementary

#8A642C #2C818A #352C8A

monochromatic

#2D210E #5C421D #8A642C #B8863B #CDA263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8A642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8A642C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A642C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A642C	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.088 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09068',
    500: '#8a642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a642c;
$custom-light: #b09068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53118,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A642C

secondary

#5E81B4

accent

#86DB4D

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A642C

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

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