#8A6437#8A6437

#8A6437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.079 H 69.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6437
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 10.06, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 32.80, 72.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.0276 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.079 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7289, 14.7946, 5.6409)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6437 #375D8A

analogous

#8A3A37 #8A6437 #868A37

triadic

#8A6437 #378A64 #64378A

tetradic

#8A6437 #378A3A #375D8A #8A3786

square

#8A6437 #378A3A #375D8A #8A3786

split-complementary

#8A6437 #37868A #3A378A

monochromatic

#322514 #5E4426 #8A6437 #B68448 #C8A174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8A6437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A6437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6437

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6437	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.079 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af906f',
    500: '#8a6437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6437;
$custom-light: #af906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.53,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53261,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6437

secondary

#6D8CB0

accent

#8FD355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6437

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

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