#8A7138#8A7138

#8A7138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.082 H 85.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7138
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 2.60, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 34.95, 85.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.0058 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.082 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1010, 17.5000, 6.2177)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7138 #38518A

analogous

#8A4838 #8A7138 #7A8A38

triadic

#8A7138 #388A71 #71388A

tetradic

#8A7138 #388A48 #38518A #8A387A

square

#8A7138 #388A48 #38518A #8A387A

split-complementary

#8A7138 #387A8A #48388A

monochromatic

#332A15 #5E4D26 #8A7138 #B5954A #C7AE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A7138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A7138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7138

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7138	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.082 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9970',
    500: '#8a7138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7138;
$custom-light: #af9970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.707,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56034,
    "c": 0.08177,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7138

secondary

#6E82B0

accent

#7CD256

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110D07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7138

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

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