#8A6D28#8A6D28

#8A6D28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.093 H 85.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D28
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 3.77, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 41.59, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.0071 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.093 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3338, 16.4948, 4.3306)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D28 #28458A

analogous

#8A3C28 #8A6D28 #768A28

triadic

#8A6D28 #288A6D #6D288A

tetradic

#8A6D28 #288A3C #28458A #8A2876

square

#8A6D28 #288A3C #28458A #8A2876

split-complementary

#8A6D28 #28768A #3C288A

monochromatic

#2B220C #5B481A #8A6D28 #B99236 #D0AE5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A6D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A6D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D28

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D28	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)

#7A6D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.093 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09666',
    500: '#8a6d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d28;
$custom-light: #b09666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54984,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D28

secondary

#5974B5

accent

#75DE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D28

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

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