#8A6737#8A6737

#8A6737 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.079 H 73.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6737
RGB	rgb(138, 103, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 8.31, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 33.23, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.0224 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.079 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0219, 15.3807, 5.7386)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6737 #375A8A

analogous

#8A3E37 #8A6737 #838A37

triadic

#8A6737 #378A67 #67378A

tetradic

#8A6737 #378A3E #375A8A #8A3783

square

#8A6737 #378A3E #375A8A #8A3783

split-complementary

#8A6737 #37838A #3E378A

monochromatic

#322614 #5E4626 #8A6737 #B68848 #C8A474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8A6737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8A6737 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6737

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6737	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 103, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.079 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af926f',
    500: '#8a6737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6737;
$custom-light: #af926f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.699,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53886,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6737

secondary

#6D89B0

accent

#8AD355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6737

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

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