#8A7973#8A7973

#8A7973 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.023 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7973
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(16, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 5.49, 5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 7.91, 46.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.0175 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.023 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4130, 20.3163, 19.0625)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7973 #73848A

analogous

#8A7379 #8A7973 #8A8573

triadic

#8A7973 #738A79 #79738A

tetradic

#8A7973 #798A73 #73848A #85738A

square

#8A7973 #798A73 #73848A #85738A

split-complementary

#8A7973 #738A85 #73798A

monochromatic

#473E3B #695C57 #8A7973 #A69994 #C2B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8A7973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7973

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7973	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)

#7D7B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.023 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9b',
    500: '#8a7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7973;
$custom-light: #ac9f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58996,
    "c": 0.02303,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7973

secondary

#A7AFB2

accent

#A2B276

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7973

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

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