#8A6D37#8A6D37

#8A6D37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.081 H 81.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D37
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 4.82, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 34.42, 81.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.0122 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.081 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6403, 16.6174, 5.9447)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D37 #37548A

analogous

#8A4337 #8A6D37 #7D8A37

triadic

#8A6D37 #378A6D #6D378A

tetradic

#8A6D37 #378A43 #37548A #8A377D

square

#8A6D37 #378A43 #37548A #8A377D

split-complementary

#8A6D37 #377D8A #43378A

monochromatic

#322814 #5E4A26 #8A6D37 #B69048 #C8AA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8A6D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8A6D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D37

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D37	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.081 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af966f',
    500: '#8a6d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d37;
$custom-light: #af966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.036,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55158,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D37

secondary

#6D84B0

accent

#81D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D37

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

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