#8A7140#8A7140

#8A7140 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.074 H 83.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7140
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 3.31, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 30.86, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0089 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.074 83)
XYZ	xyz(17.3125, 17.5846, 7.3318)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7140 #40598A

analogous

#8A4C40 #8A7140 #7E8A40

triadic

#8A7140 #408A71 #71408A

tetradic

#8A7140 #408A4C #40598A #8A407E

square

#8A7140 #408A4C #40598A #8A407E

split-complementary

#8A7140 #407E8A #4C408A

monochromatic

#362D19 #604F2D #8A7140 #B19256 #C4AD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A7140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A7140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7140

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7140	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.074 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9976',
    500: '#8a7140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7140;
$custom-light: #ae9976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5615,
    "c": 0.07379,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.17584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7140

secondary

#778AAF

accent

#82CD5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110D08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7140

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

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