#8A6B23#8A6B23

#8A6B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.096 H 84.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6B23
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 4.65, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 43.33, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.0089 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.096 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0433, 16.0411, 3.8410)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6B23 #23428A

analogous

#8A3823 #8A6B23 #768A23

triadic

#8A6B23 #238A6B #6B238A

tetradic

#8A6B23 #238A38 #23428A #8A2376

square

#8A6B23 #238A38 #23428A #8A2376

split-complementary

#8A6B23 #23768A #38238A

monochromatic

#281F0A #594517 #8A6B23 #BB912F #D4AD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8A6B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8A6B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6B23

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6B23	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.096 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09563',
    500: '#8a6b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6b23;
$custom-light: #b09563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.942,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54508,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6B23

secondary

#5170B7

accent

#75E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6B23

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

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