#8A7238#8A7238

#8A7238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.082 H 87.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7238
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 2.02, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 35.23, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0042 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.082 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2131, 17.7244, 6.2551)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7238 #38508A

analogous

#8A4938 #8A7238 #798A38

triadic

#8A7238 #388A72 #72388A

tetradic

#8A7238 #388A49 #38508A #8A3879

square

#8A7238 #388A49 #38508A #8A3879

split-complementary

#8A7238 #38798A #49388A

monochromatic

#332A15 #5E4E26 #8A7238 #B5964A #C7AF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A7238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A7238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7238

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7238	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)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.082 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9a70',
    500: '#8a7238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7238;
$custom-light: #ae9a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56251,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7238

secondary

#6E81B0

accent

#7AD256

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7238

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

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