#8A6738#8A6738

#8A6738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.078 H 73.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6738
RGB	rgb(138, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 8.39, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 32.74, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.0228 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.078 73)
XYZ	xyz(16.0462, 15.3904, 5.8661)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6738 #385B8A

analogous

#8A3E38 #8A6738 #848A38

triadic

#8A6738 #388A67 #67388A

tetradic

#8A6738 #388A3E #385B8A #8A3884

square

#8A6738 #388A3E #385B8A #8A3884

split-complementary

#8A6738 #38848A #3E388A

monochromatic

#332615 #5E4726 #8A6738 #B5874A #C7A475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8A6738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8A6738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6738

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6738	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)

#746834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.078 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9270',
    500: '#8a6738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6738;
$custom-light: #af9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.39,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53901,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.15389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6738

secondary

#6E8AB0

accent

#8BD256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6738

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

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