#8A6837#8A6837

#8A6837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.079 H 74.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6837
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 7.73, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 33.40, 76.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.0207 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.079 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1220, 15.5808, 5.7719)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6837 #37598A

analogous

#8A3F37 #8A6837 #828A37

triadic

#8A6837 #378A68 #68378A

tetradic

#8A6837 #378A3F #37598A #8A3782

square

#8A6837 #378A3F #37598A #8A3782

split-complementary

#8A6837 #37828A #3F378A

monochromatic

#322614 #5E4726 #8A6837 #B68948 #C8A574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8A6837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8A6837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6837

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6837	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.079 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af936f',
    500: '#8a6837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6837;
$custom-light: #af936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.422,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54096,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6837

secondary

#6D88B0

accent

#89D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6837

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

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