#8A7437#8A7437

#8A7437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.085 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7437
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 0.80, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 36.33, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0005 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.085 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4170, 18.1708, 6.2036)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7437 #374D8A

analogous

#8A4A37 #8A7437 #778A37

triadic

#8A7437 #378A74 #74378A

tetradic

#8A7437 #378A4A #374D8A #8A3777

square

#8A7437 #378A4A #374D8A #8A3777

split-complementary

#8A7437 #37778A #4A378A

monochromatic

#322A14 #5E4F26 #8A7437 #B69948 #C8B174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8A7437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8A7437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7437

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7437	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)

#807331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.085 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b70',
    500: '#8a7437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7437;
$custom-light: #af9b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56675,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7437

secondary

#6D7EB0

accent

#76D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7437

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

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