#8A7436#8A7436

#8A7436 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.086 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7436
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 0.72, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 36.83, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0001 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.086 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3933, 18.1613, 6.0787)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7436 #364C8A

analogous

#8A4A36 #8A7436 #768A36

triadic

#8A7436 #368A74 #74368A

tetradic

#8A7436 #368A4A #364C8A #8A3676

square

#8A7436 #368A4A #364C8A #8A3676

split-complementary

#8A7436 #36768A #4A368A

monochromatic

#322A14 #5E4F25 #8A7436 #B69947 #C8B272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8A7436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8A7436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7436

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7436	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.086 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b6f',
    500: '#8a7436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7436;
$custom-light: #af9b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56662,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7436

secondary

#6B7DB1

accent

#76D354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7436

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

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