#8A6517#8A6517

#8A6517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.101 H 80.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6517
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 7.61, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 46.92, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% 0.016 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.101 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2906, 14.7737, 2.8567)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6517 #173C8A

analogous

#8A2C17 #8A6517 #768A17

triadic

#8A6517 #178A65 #65178A

tetradic

#8A6517 #178A2C #173C8A #8A1776

square

#8A6517 #178A2C #173C8A #8A1776

split-complementary

#8A6517 #17768A #2C178A

monochromatic

#211806 #563F0E #8A6517 #BE8B20 #DFAB3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8A6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6517

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6517	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.101 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1905c',
    500: '#8a6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6517;
$custom-light: #b1905c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53144,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6517

secondary

#3F68BE

accent

#74EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6517

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

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