#8A6F23#8A6F23

#8A6F23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.098 H 88.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6F23
RGB	rgb(138, 111, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 2.35, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 44.23, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.0023 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.098 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4700, 16.8946, 3.9833)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6F23 #233E8A

analogous

#8A3C23 #8A6F23 #728A23

triadic

#8A6F23 #238A6F #6F238A

tetradic

#8A6F23 #238A3C #233E8A #8A2372

square

#8A6F23 #238A3C #233E8A #8A2372

split-complementary

#8A6F23 #23728A #3C238A

monochromatic

#28200A #594817 #8A6F23 #BB962F #D4B254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A6F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A6F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6F23

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6F23	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 111, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.098 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09863',
    500: '#8a6f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6f23;
$custom-light: #b09863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.272,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55372,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6F23

secondary

#516CB7

accent

#6EE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6F23

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

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