#8A6949#8A6949

#8A6949 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.062 H 65.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6949
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(30, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 8.87, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 24.70, 68.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.0264 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.062 65)
XYZ	xyz(16.7361, 15.9885, 8.5066)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6949 #496A8A

analogous

#8A494A #8A6949 #8A8A49

triadic

#8A6949 #498A69 #69498A

tetradic

#8A6949 #4A8A49 #496A8A #8A498A

square

#8A6949 #4A8A49 #496A8A #8A498A

split-complementary

#8A6949 #498A8A #494A8A

monochromatic

#3A2C1F #624B34 #8A6949 #AD8863 #C2A68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8A6949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8A6949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6949

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6949	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B724A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.062 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae937c',
    500: '#8a6949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6949;
$custom-light: #ae937c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.538,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54606,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6949

secondary

#8198AE

accent

#95C761

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F1EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6949

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

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