#8A8373#8A8373

#8A8373 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.025 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8373
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 115)
HSL	hsl(42, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -0.23, 9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 9.60, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.0012 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.025 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6919, 22.8740, 19.4887)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8373 #737A8A

analogous

#8A7873 #8A8373 #868A73

triadic

#8A8373 #738A83 #83738A

tetradic

#8A8373 #738A78 #737A8A #8A7386

square

#8A8373 #738A78 #737A8A #8A7386

split-complementary

#8A8373 #73868A #78738A

monochromatic

#47443B #696357 #8A8373 #A6A194 #C2BEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A8373 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8373

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8373	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.025 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca79b',
    500: '#8a8373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8373;
$custom-light: #aca79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61152,
    "c": 0.02491,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8373

secondary

#A7AAB2

accent

#88B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8373

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

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