#8A6A37#8A6A37

#8A6A37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.080 H 77.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6A37
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 6.56, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 33.77, 78.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.0173 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.08 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3257, 15.9882, 5.8398)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6A37 #37578A

analogous

#8A4037 #8A6A37 #818A37

triadic

#8A6A37 #378A6A #6A378A

tetradic

#8A6A37 #378A40 #37578A #8A3781

square

#8A6A37 #378A40 #37578A #8A3781

split-complementary

#8A6A37 #37818A #40378A

monochromatic

#322714 #5E4826 #8A6A37 #B68C48 #C8A774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8A6A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8A6A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6A37

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6A37	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)

#766B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.080 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af946f',
    500: '#8a6a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6a37;
$custom-light: #af946f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.867,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54519,
    "c": 0.07959,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6A37

secondary

#6D87B0

accent

#86D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6A37

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

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