#8A7235#8A7235

#8A7235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.085 H 87.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7235
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 1.78, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 36.73, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0031 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.085 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1420, 17.6959, 5.8802)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7235 #354D8A

analogous

#8A4835 #8A7235 #788A35

triadic

#8A7235 #358A72 #72358A

tetradic

#8A7235 #358A48 #354D8A #8A3578

square

#8A7235 #358A48 #354D8A #8A3578

split-complementary

#8A7235 #35788A #48358A

monochromatic

#322913 #5E4D24 #8A7235 #B69746 #C8B071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A7235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A7235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7235

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7235	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E712F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.085 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9a6e',
    500: '#8a7235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7235;
$custom-light: #af9a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.059,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56213,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7235

secondary

#6A7EB1

accent

#78D454

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7235

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

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