#8A6E34#8A6E34

#8A6E34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.084 H 83.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E34
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 52)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 4.01, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 36.15, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0094 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.084 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6778, 16.8041, 5.6132)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E34 #34508A

analogous

#8A4334 #8A6E34 #7B8A34

triadic

#8A6E34 #348A6E #6E348A

tetradic

#8A6E34 #348A43 #34508A #8A347B

square

#8A6E34 #348A43 #34508A #8A347B

split-complementary

#8A6E34 #347B8A #43348A

monochromatic

#312713 #5E4B23 #8A6E34 #B69145 #C9AC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8A6E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A6E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6E34

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6E34	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.084 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af976d',
    500: '#8a6e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e34;
$custom-light: #af976d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55333,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E34

secondary

#6980B1

accent

#7DD553

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E34

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

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