#8A6E36#8A6E36

#8A6E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.082 H 82.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E36
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 4.16, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 35.16, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.0101 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.082 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7238, 16.8225, 5.8555)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E36 #36528A

analogous

#8A4436 #8A6E36 #7C8A36

triadic

#8A6E36 #368A6E #6E368A

tetradic

#8A6E36 #368A44 #36528A #8A367C

square

#8A6E36 #368A44 #36528A #8A367C

split-complementary

#8A6E36 #367C8A #44368A

monochromatic

#322814 #5E4B25 #8A6E36 #B69147 #C8AB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A6E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A6E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6E36

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6E36	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.082 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af976f',
    500: '#8a6e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e36;
$custom-light: #af976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55359,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E36

secondary

#6B82B1

accent

#7FD354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E36

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

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