#8A7956#8A7956

#8A7956 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.054 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7956
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 37.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 1.17, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 21.65, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.0048 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.054 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9987, 19.7506, 11.6138)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7956 #56678A

analogous

#8A5F56 #8A7956 #818A56

triadic

#8A7956 #568A79 #79568A

tetradic

#8A7956 #568A5F #56678A #8A5681

square

#8A7956 #568A5F #56678A #8A5681

split-complementary

#8A7956 #56818A #5F568A

monochromatic

#3F3727 #64583F #8A7956 #A99875 #C0B49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A7956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8A7956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7956

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7956	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.054 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9f86',
    500: '#8a7956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7956;
$custom-light: #ad9f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.05404,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7956

secondary

#8E98AE

accent

#85C068

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2EF

border

#CECCCA

text

#100E0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7956

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

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