#8A7957#8A7957

#8A7957 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.053 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7957
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 37%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 1.29, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 21.12, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0053 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.053 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0393, 19.7668, 11.8275)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7957 #57688A

analogous

#8A6057 #8A7957 #828A57

triadic

#8A7957 #578A79 #79578A

tetradic

#8A7957 #578A60 #57688A #8A5782

square

#8A7957 #578A60 #57688A #8A5782

split-complementary

#8A7957 #57828A #60578A

monochromatic

#3F3728 #64583F #8A7957 #A89876 #C0B49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A7957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8A7957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7957

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7957	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)

#817855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.053 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9f86',
    500: '#8a7957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7957;
$custom-light: #ad9f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 22.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58305,
    "c": 0.05282,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7957

secondary

#8F99AE

accent

#85BF69

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2EF

border

#CECCCA

text

#100E0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7957

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

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