#8A6C23#8A6C23

#8A6C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.097 H 85.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6C23
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 4.07, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 43.54, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.0073 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.097 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1481, 16.2508, 3.8760)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6C23 #23418A

analogous

#8A3923 #8A6C23 #758A23

triadic

#8A6C23 #238A6C #6C238A

tetradic

#8A6C23 #238A39 #23418A #8A2375

square

#8A6C23 #238A39 #23418A #8A2375

split-complementary

#8A6C23 #23758A #39238A

monochromatic

#28200A #594617 #8A6C23 #BB922F #D4AE54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A6C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A6C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6C23

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6C23	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.097 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09563',
    500: '#8a6c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6c23;
$custom-light: #b09563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.524,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54723,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6C23

secondary

#516FB7

accent

#73E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6C23

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

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