#8A6D5B#8A6D5B

#8A6D5B is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.046 H 53.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D5B
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 91)
HSL	hsl(23, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 8.76, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 16.89, 58.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.0273 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.046 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8386, 17.0967, 12.2559)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D5B #5B788A

analogous

#8A5B60 #8A6D5B #8A855B

triadic

#8A6D5B #5B8A6D #6D5B8A

tetradic

#8A6D5B #608A5B #5B788A #855B8A

square

#8A6D5B #608A5B #5B788A #855B8A

split-complementary

#8A6D5B #5B8A85 #5B608A

monochromatic

#40332A #655043 #8A6D5B #A88C7B #C0AC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A6D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A6D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D5B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D5B	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C755B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.046 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9689',
    500: '#8a6d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d5b;
$custom-light: #ad9689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.979,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.04578,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D5B

secondary

#93A4AE

accent

#9EBD6B

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2F0

border

#CECCCB

text

#100D0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D5B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →