#8A7972#8A7972

#8A7972 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.024 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7972
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 5.32, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 8.20, 49.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.0171 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.024 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3558, 20.2934, 18.7611)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7972 #72838A

analogous

#8A7277 #8A7972 #8A8572

triadic

#8A7972 #728A79 #79728A

tetradic

#8A7972 #778A72 #72838A #85728A

square

#8A7972 #778A72 #72838A #85728A

split-complementary

#8A7972 #728A85 #72778A

monochromatic

#473E3B #685C56 #8A7972 #A69993 #C2B9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8A7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7972

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7972	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.024 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9a',
    500: '#8a7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7972;
$custom-light: #ac9f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58967,
    "c": 0.02366,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7972

secondary

#A6AEB1

accent

#A1B375

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7972

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

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