#8A6A23#8A6A23

#8A6A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.096 H 83.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6A23
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 5.23, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 43.12, 83.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.0106 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.096 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9396, 15.8338, 3.8065)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6A23 #23438A

analogous

#8A3723 #8A6A23 #778A23

triadic

#8A6A23 #238A6A #6A238A

tetradic

#8A6A23 #238A37 #23438A #8A2377

square

#8A6A23 #238A37 #23438A #8A2377

split-complementary

#8A6A23 #23778A #37238A

monochromatic

#281F0A #594517 #8A6A23 #BB8F2F #D4AC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A6A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8A6A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6A23

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6A23	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.096 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09463',
    500: '#8a6a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6a23;
$custom-light: #b09463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.359,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6A23

secondary

#5171B7

accent

#76E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6A23

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

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