#8A6D26#8A6D26

#8A6D26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.095 H 86.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D26
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 3.66, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 42.47, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0065 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.095 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3007, 16.4816, 4.1560)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D26 #26438A

analogous

#8A3B26 #8A6D26 #758A26

triadic

#8A6D26 #268A6D #6D268A

tetradic

#8A6D26 #268A3B #26438A #8A2675

square

#8A6D26 #268A3B #26438A #8A2675

split-complementary

#8A6D26 #26758A #3B268A

monochromatic

#2A210C #5A4719 #8A6D26 #BA9333 #D1AE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A6D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A6D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D26

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D26	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.095 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09665',
    500: '#8a6d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d26;
$custom-light: #b09665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.6,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54965,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D26

secondary

#5672B6

accent

#74E048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D26

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

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