#8A6617#8A6617

#8A6617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.101 H 81.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6617
RGB	rgb(138, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 7.03, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 47.07, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.0144 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.101 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3883, 14.9691, 2.8893)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6617 #173B8A

analogous

#8A2C17 #8A6617 #758A17

triadic

#8A6617 #178A66 #66178A

tetradic

#8A6617 #178A2C #173B8A #8A1775

square

#8A6617 #178A2C #173B8A #8A1775

split-complementary

#8A6617 #17758A #2C178A

monochromatic

#211806 #563F0E #8A6617 #BE8D20 #DFAC3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6617

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6617	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.101 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1915c',
    500: '#8a6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6617;
$custom-light: #b1915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.217,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53355,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6617

secondary

#3F67BE

accent

#72EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6617

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

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