#8A7540#8A7540

#8A7540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.076 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7540
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 1.01, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 32.04, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0022 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.076 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7686, 18.4969, 7.4838)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7540 #40558A

analogous

#8A5040 #8A7540 #7A8A40

triadic

#8A7540 #408A75 #75408A

tetradic

#8A7540 #408A50 #40558A #8A407A

square

#8A7540 #408A50 #40558A #8A407A

split-complementary

#8A7540 #407A8A #50408A

monochromatic

#362E19 #60522D #8A7540 #B19756 #C4B180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7540

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7540	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.076 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9c76',
    500: '#8a7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7540;
$custom-light: #ae9c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5702,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7540

secondary

#7787AF

accent

#7BCD5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7540

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

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