#8A7231#8A7231

#8A7231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.089 H 88.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7231
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 1.48, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 38.69, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0017 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.089 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0538, 17.6606, 5.4157)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7231 #31498A

analogous

#8A4631 #8A7231 #768A31

triadic

#8A7231 #318A72 #72318A

tetradic

#8A7231 #318A46 #31498A #8A3176

square

#8A7231 #318A46 #31498A #8A3176

split-complementary

#8A7231 #31768A #46318A

monochromatic

#302711 #5D4D21 #8A7231 #B79741 #CAB16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7231

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7231	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E712A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.089 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9a6c',
    500: '#8a7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7231;
$custom-light: #af9a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.82,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56165,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7231

secondary

#657AB2

accent

#75D751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7231

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

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