#8A6D41#8A6D41

#8A6D41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.071 H 76.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D41
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 5.71, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 29.36, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.0161 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.071 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9047, 16.7232, 7.3375)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D41 #415E8A

analogous

#8A4841 #8A6D41 #838A41

triadic

#8A6D41 #418A6D #6D418A

tetradic

#8A6D41 #418A48 #415E8A #8A4183

square

#8A6D41 #418A48 #415E8A #8A4183

split-complementary

#8A6D41 #41838A #48418A

monochromatic

#372B1A #604C2D #8A6D41 #B08D58 #C4AA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A6D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8A6D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D41

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D41	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.071 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9676',
    500: '#8a6d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d41;
$custom-light: #ae9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55308,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D41

secondary

#788EAE

accent

#88CC5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110D08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D41

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

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