#8A7236#8A7236

#8A7236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.084 H 87.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7236
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 1.86, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 36.23, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0034 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.084 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1652, 17.7052, 6.0026)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7236 #364E8A

analogous

#8A4836 #8A7236 #788A36

triadic

#8A7236 #368A72 #72368A

tetradic

#8A7236 #368A48 #364E8A #8A3678

square

#8A7236 #368A48 #364E8A #8A3678

split-complementary

#8A7236 #36788A #48368A

monochromatic

#322914 #5E4E25 #8A7236 #B69647 #C8B072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A7236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A7236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7236

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7236	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.084 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9a6f',
    500: '#8a7236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7236;
$custom-light: #af9a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56225,
    "c": 0.08427,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7236

secondary

#6B7FB1

accent

#79D354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7236

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

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