#8A6842#8A6842

#8A6842 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.069 H 68.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6842
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.58, 8.72, 26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.58, 27.97, 71.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.0251 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.069 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4157, 15.6983, 7.3187)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6842 #42648A

analogous

#8A4442 #8A6842 #888A42

triadic

#8A6842 #428A68 #68428A

tetradic

#8A6842 #428A44 #42648A #8A4288

square

#8A6842 #428A44 #42648A #8A4288

split-complementary

#8A6842 #42888A #44428A

monochromatic

#372A1A #61492E #8A6842 #B08759 #C4A583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8A6842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8A6842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6842

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6842	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.069 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9377',
    500: '#8a6842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6842;
$custom-light: #ae9377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54269,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6842

secondary

#7992AE

accent

#91CB5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F1ED

border

#CFCBC8

text

#110D08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6842

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

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