#8A6915#8A6915

#8A6915 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.103 H 85.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6915
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 21)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 5.22, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 48.22, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.009 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.103 85)
XYZ	xyz(15.6692, 15.5617, 2.8878)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6915 #15368A

analogous

#8A2E15 #8A6915 #708A15

triadic

#8A6915 #158A69 #69158A

tetradic

#8A6915 #158A2E #15368A #8A1570

square

#8A6915 #158A2E #15368A #8A1570

split-complementary

#8A6915 #15708A #2E158A

monochromatic

#201805 #55410D #8A6915 #BF911D #E1B139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A6915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A6915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6915

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6915	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.103 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1935b',
    500: '#8a6915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6915;
$custom-light: #b1935b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53981,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.15561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6915

secondary

#3D61BE

accent

#6CF038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6915

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

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