#8A8272#8A8272

#8A8272 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.025 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8272
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 0.17, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 9.76, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.0024 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.025 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5010, 22.5838, 19.1428)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8272 #727A8A

analogous

#8A7672 #8A8272 #868A72

triadic

#8A8272 #728A82 #82728A

tetradic

#8A8272 #728A76 #727A8A #8A7286

square

#8A8272 #728A76 #727A8A #8A7286

split-complementary

#8A8272 #72868A #76728A

monochromatic

#47433B #686256 #8A8272 #A6A093 #C2BDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A8272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A8272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8272

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8272	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.025 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca69a',
    500: '#8a8272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8272;
$custom-light: #aca69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60907,
    "c": 0.02537,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8272

secondary

#A6AAB1

accent

#8AB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8272

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

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