#8A7440#8A7440

#8A7440 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.076 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7440
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 1.58, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 31.73, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.0039 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.076 87)
XYZ	xyz(17.6527, 18.2651, 7.4452)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7440 #40568A

analogous

#8A4F40 #8A7440 #7B8A40

triadic

#8A7440 #408A74 #74408A

tetradic

#8A7440 #408A4F #40568A #8A407B

square

#8A7440 #408A4F #40568A #8A407B

split-complementary

#8A7440 #407B8A #4F408A

monochromatic

#362E19 #60512D #8A7440 #B19656 #C4B080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A7440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7440

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7440	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.076 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9b76',
    500: '#8a7440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7440;
$custom-light: #ae9b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.07558,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.18264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7440

secondary

#7788AF

accent

#7DCD5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7440

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

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