#8A6D32#8A6D32

#8A6D32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.085 H 83.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D32
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 4.43, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 36.89, 83.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.0104 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.085 83)
XYZ	xyz(16.5265, 16.5719, 5.3452)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D32 #324F8A

analogous

#8A4132 #8A6D32 #7B8A32

triadic

#8A6D32 #328A6D #6D328A

tetradic

#8A6D32 #328A41 #324F8A #8A327B

square

#8A6D32 #328A41 #324F8A #8A327B

split-complementary

#8A6D32 #327B8A #41328A

monochromatic

#302611 #5D4A22 #8A6D32 #B79042 #CAAB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8A6D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8A6D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D32

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D32	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.085 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af966c',
    500: '#8a6d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d32;
$custom-light: #af966c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.227,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55093,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D32

secondary

#667FB2

accent

#7DD651

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D32

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

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