#8A6937#8A6937

#8A6937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.079 H 76.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6937
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 7.14, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 33.58, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.019 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.079 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2233, 15.7833, 5.8057)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6937 #37588A

analogous

#8A4037 #8A6937 #818A37

triadic

#8A6937 #378A69 #69378A

tetradic

#8A6937 #378A40 #37588A #8A3781

square

#8A6937 #378A40 #37588A #8A3781

split-complementary

#8A6937 #37818A #40378A

monochromatic

#322614 #5E4826 #8A6937 #B68A48 #C8A674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8A6937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8A6937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6937

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6937	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.079 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af936f',
    500: '#8a6937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6937;
$custom-light: #af936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.145,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54307,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6937

secondary

#6D87B0

accent

#87D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6937

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

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