#8A6D23#8A6D23

#8A6D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.097 H 86.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D23
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 3.50, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 43.76, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.0056 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.097 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2542, 16.4630, 3.9113)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D23 #23408A

analogous

#8A3A23 #8A6D23 #748A23

triadic

#8A6D23 #238A6D #6D238A

tetradic

#8A6D23 #238A3A #23408A #8A2374

square

#8A6D23 #238A3A #23408A #8A2374

split-complementary

#8A6D23 #23748A #3A238A

monochromatic

#28200A #594617 #8A6D23 #BB942F #D4B054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A6D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A6D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D23

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D23	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.097 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09663',
    500: '#8a6d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d23;
$custom-light: #b09663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.107,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54939,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D23

secondary

#516EB7

accent

#71E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D23

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

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