#8A6E41#8A6E41

#8A6E41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.071 H 78.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E41
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 5.13, 29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 29.59, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.0144 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.071 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0120, 16.9378, 7.3733)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E41 #415D8A

analogous

#8A4941 #8A6E41 #828A41

triadic

#8A6E41 #418A6E #6E418A

tetradic

#8A6E41 #418A49 #415D8A #8A4182

square

#8A6E41 #418A49 #415D8A #8A4182

split-complementary

#8A6E41 #41828A #49418A

monochromatic

#372C1A #604D2D #8A6E41 #B08E58 #C4AA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A6E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8A6E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6E41

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6E41	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.071 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9776',
    500: '#8a6e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e41;
$custom-light: #ae9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55521,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E41

secondary

#788DAE

accent

#87CC5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110D08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E41

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

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