#8A7342#8A7342

#8A7342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.073 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7342
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 2.35, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 30.39, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0064 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.073 85)
XYZ	xyz(17.5960, 18.0590, 7.7121)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7342 #42598A

analogous

#8A4F42 #8A7342 #7D8A42

triadic

#8A7342 #428A73 #73428A

tetradic

#8A7342 #428A4F #42598A #8A427D

square

#8A7342 #428A4F #42598A #8A427D

split-complementary

#8A7342 #427D8A #4F428A

monochromatic

#372E1A #61502E #8A7342 #B09459 #C4AF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8A7342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8A7342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7342

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7342	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.073 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9b77',
    500: '#8a7342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7342;
$custom-light: #ae9b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56615,
    "c": 0.07284,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.18058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7342

secondary

#798AAE

accent

#80CB5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#100E09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7342

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

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