#8A6623#8A6623

#8A6623 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.094 H 79.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6623
RGB	rgb(138, 102, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 7.56, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 42.39, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.0174 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.094 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5370, 15.0285, 3.6723)
Luminance	0.1503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6623 #23478A

analogous

#8A3323 #8A6623 #7B8A23

triadic

#8A6623 #238A66 #66238A

tetradic

#8A6623 #238A33 #23478A #8A237B

square

#8A6623 #238A33 #23478A #8A237B

split-complementary

#8A6623 #237B8A #33238A

monochromatic

#281E0A #594217 #8A6623 #BB8A2F #D4A754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8A6623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A6623 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6623

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6623	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74671A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 102, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.094 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09162',
    500: '#8a6623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6623;
$custom-light: #b09162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.029,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53445,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6623

secondary

#5175B7

accent

#7CE345

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6623

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

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