#8A784E#8A784E

#8A784E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.063 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A784E
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 0.77, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 25.62, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.003 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.063 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5734, 19.3870, 9.9700)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A784E #4E608A

analogous

#8A5A4E #8A784E #7E8A4E

triadic

#8A784E #4E8A78 #784E8A

tetradic

#8A784E #4E8A5A #4E608A #8A4E7E

square

#8A784E #4E8A5A #4E608A #8A4E7E

split-complementary

#8A784E #4E7E8A #5A4E8A

monochromatic

#3C3422 #635638 #8A784E #AB986A #C1B391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A784E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A784E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A784E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A784E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A784E	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81774B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a784e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.063 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9e80',
    500: '#8a784e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a784e;
$custom-light: #ad9e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a784e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5791,
    "c": 0.06282,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A784E

secondary

#8692AE

accent

#81C464

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100E0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A784E

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