#8A6F42#8A6F42

#8A6F42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.071 H 79.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6F42
RGB	rgb(138, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 4.65, 28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 29.31, 80.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.0131 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.071 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1498, 17.1665, 7.5633)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6F42 #425D8A

analogous

#8A4B42 #8A6F42 #818A42

triadic

#8A6F42 #428A6F #6F428A

tetradic

#8A6F42 #428A4B #425D8A #8A4281

square

#8A6F42 #428A4B #425D8A #8A4281

split-complementary

#8A6F42 #42818A #4B428A

monochromatic

#372C1A #614E2E #8A6F42 #B08F59 #C4AB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A6F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A6F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6F42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6F42	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.071 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9877',
    500: '#8a6f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6f42;
$custom-light: #ae9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55751,
    "c": 0.07076,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6F42

secondary

#798DAE

accent

#86CB5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110D09

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6F42

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

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