#8A6536#8A6536

#8A6536 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.079 H 71.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6536
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 9.40, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 33.42, 73.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.0255 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.079 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8017, 14.9781, 5.5481)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6536 #365B8A

analogous

#8A3B36 #8A6536 #858A36

triadic

#8A6536 #368A65 #65368A

tetradic

#8A6536 #368A3B #365B8A #8A3685

square

#8A6536 #368A3B #365B8A #8A3685

split-complementary

#8A6536 #36858A #3B368A

monochromatic

#322514 #5E4525 #8A6536 #B68547 #C8A272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A6536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8A6536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6536

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6536	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.079 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af906e',
    500: '#8a6536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6536;
$custom-light: #af906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53454,
    "c": 0.07948,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6536

secondary

#6B8AB1

accent

#8CD354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6536

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

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