#8A6438#8A6438

#8A6438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.078 H 68.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6438
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(32, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 10.15, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 32.32, 71.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.028 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.078 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7531, 14.8043, 5.7684)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6438 #385E8A

analogous

#8A3B38 #8A6438 #878A38

triadic

#8A6438 #388A64 #64388A

tetradic

#8A6438 #388A3B #385E8A #8A3887

square

#8A6438 #388A3B #385E8A #8A3887

split-complementary

#8A6438 #38878A #3B388A

monochromatic

#332515 #5E4426 #8A6438 #B5844A #C7A175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8A6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A6438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6438

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6438	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)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.078 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9070',
    500: '#8a6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6438;
$custom-light: #af9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53276,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6438

secondary

#6E8CB0

accent

#8FD256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6438

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

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