#8A6E23#8A6E23

#8A6E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.098 H 87.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E23
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 2.92, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 43.99, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.004 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.098 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3615, 16.6775, 3.9471)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E23 #233F8A

analogous

#8A3A23 #8A6E23 #738A23

triadic

#8A6E23 #238A6E #6E238A

tetradic

#8A6E23 #238A3A #233F8A #8A2373

square

#8A6E23 #238A3A #233F8A #8A2373

split-complementary

#8A6E23 #23738A #3A238A

monochromatic

#28200A #594717 #8A6E23 #BB952F #D4B154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8A6E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8A6E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6E23

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6E23	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96645F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.098 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09763',
    500: '#8a6e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e23;
$custom-light: #b09763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.689,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55155,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E23

secondary

#516DB7

accent

#70E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E23

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

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