#8A6537#8A6537

#8A6537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.079 H 70.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6537
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 9.48, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 32.93, 73.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.0259 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.079 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8254, 14.9876, 5.6731)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6537 #375C8A

analogous

#8A3B37 #8A6537 #858A37

triadic

#8A6537 #378A65 #65378A

tetradic

#8A6537 #378A3B #375C8A #8A3785

square

#8A6537 #378A3B #375C8A #8A3785

split-complementary

#8A6537 #37858A #3B378A

monochromatic

#322514 #5E4526 #8A6537 #B68548 #C8A274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8A6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8A6537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6537

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6537	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.079 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af906f',
    500: '#8a6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6537;
$custom-light: #af906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.253,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53469,
    "c": 0.07862,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6537

secondary

#6D8BB0

accent

#8DD355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6537

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

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