#8A7740#8A7740

#8A7740 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.078 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7740
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, -0.13, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 32.70, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0011 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.078 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0041, 18.9679, 7.5623)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7740 #40538A

analogous

#8A5240 #8A7740 #788A40

triadic

#8A7740 #408A77 #77408A

tetradic

#8A7740 #408A52 #40538A #8A4078

square

#8A7740 #408A52 #40538A #8A4078

split-complementary

#8A7740 #40788A #52408A

monochromatic

#362F19 #60532D #8A7740 #B19A56 #C4B380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A7740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A7740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7740

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7740	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82753B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.078 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9e76',
    500: '#8a7740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7740;
$custom-light: #ae9e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57458,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7740

secondary

#7785AF

accent

#78CD5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#100E08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7740

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

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