#8A6836#8A6836

#8A6836 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.080 H 75.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6836
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 7.65, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 33.89, 76.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.0203 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.08 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0983, 15.5713, 5.6470)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6836 #36588A

analogous

#8A3E36 #8A6836 #828A36

triadic

#8A6836 #368A68 #68368A

tetradic

#8A6836 #368A3E #36588A #8A3682

square

#8A6836 #368A3E #36588A #8A3682

split-complementary

#8A6836 #36828A #3E368A

monochromatic

#322614 #5E4725 #8A6836 #B68947 #C8A572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8A6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A6836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6836

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6836	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.080 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af936e',
    500: '#8a6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6836;
$custom-light: #af936e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54082,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6836

secondary

#6B87B1

accent

#88D354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6836

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

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