#8A6D27#8A6D27

#8A6D27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.094 H 85.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D27
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 3.71, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 42.03, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0068 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.094 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3170, 16.4881, 4.2422)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D27 #27448A

analogous

#8A3B27 #8A6D27 #768A27

triadic

#8A6D27 #278A6D #6D278A

tetradic

#8A6D27 #278A3B #27448A #8A2776

square

#8A6D27 #278A3B #27448A #8A2776

split-complementary

#8A6D27 #27768A #3B278A

monochromatic

#2B220C #5A471A #8A6D27 #BA9334 #D1AE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A6D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A6D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D27

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D27	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)

#7A6C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.094 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09665',
    500: '#8a6d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d27;
$custom-light: #b09665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.424,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54974,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D27

secondary

#5773B6

accent

#75DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D27

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

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