#8A7537#8A7537

#8A7537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.085 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7537
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 0.23, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 36.64, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% -0.0012 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.085 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5329, 18.4026, 6.2422)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7537 #374C8A

analogous

#8A4B37 #8A7537 #758A37

triadic

#8A7537 #378A75 #75378A

tetradic

#8A7537 #378A4B #374C8A #8A3775

square

#8A7537 #378A4B #374C8A #8A3775

split-complementary

#8A7537 #37758A #4B378A

monochromatic

#322B14 #5E5026 #8A7537 #B69A48 #C8B274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A7537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A7537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7537

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7537	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86793A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.085 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9c70',
    500: '#8a7537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7537;
$custom-light: #ae9c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.819,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56895,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7537

secondary

#6D7EB0

accent

#75D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7537

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

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