#8A6D56#8A6D56

#8A6D56 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.050 H 59.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D56
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(27, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 37.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 8.10, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 19.04, 64.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.0251 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.05 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6301, 17.0133, 11.1576)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D56 #56738A

analogous

#8A5659 #8A6D56 #8A8756

triadic

#8A6D56 #568A6D #6D568A

tetradic

#8A6D56 #598A56 #56738A #87568A

square

#8A6D56 #598A56 #56738A #87568A

split-complementary

#8A6D56 #568A87 #56598A

monochromatic

#3F3127 #644F3F #8A6D56 #A98C75 #C0AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8A6D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8A6D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D56

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D56	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.050 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9685',
    500: '#8a6d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d56;
$custom-light: #ad9685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.538,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55715,
    "c": 0.05014,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D56

secondary

#8EA0AE

accent

#99C068

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2EF

border

#CECCCA

text

#100D0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D56

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

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