#8A7338#8A7338

#8A7338 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.083 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7338
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 1.45, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 35.53, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.0025 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.083 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3266, 17.9512, 6.2929)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7338 #384F8A

analogous

#8A4A38 #8A7338 #788A38

triadic

#8A7338 #388A73 #73388A

tetradic

#8A7338 #388A4A #384F8A #8A3878

square

#8A7338 #388A4A #384F8A #8A3878

split-complementary

#8A7338 #38788A #4A388A

monochromatic

#332A15 #5E4F26 #8A7338 #B5974A #C7B075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8A7338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A7338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7338

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7338	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.083 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9b70',
    500: '#8a7338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7338;
$custom-light: #ae9b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56469,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7338

secondary

#6E80B0

accent

#79D256

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7338

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

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