#8C8474#8C8474

#8C8474 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.025 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8474
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 116)
HSL	hsl(40, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 17%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 17.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 0.16, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 9.73, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0024 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.025 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2187, 23.3393, 19.8541)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8474 #747C8C

analogous

#8C7874 #8C8474 #888C74

triadic

#8C8474 #748C84 #84748C

tetradic

#8C8474 #748C78 #747C8C #8C7488

square

#8C8474 #748C78 #747C8C #8C7488

split-complementary

#8C8474 #74888C #78748C

monochromatic

#49453C #6B6458 #8C8474 #A8A295 #C3BFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8C8474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8C8474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8474

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8474	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.025 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada79c',
    500: '#8c8474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8474;
$custom-light: #ada79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 9.449,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61579,
    "c": 0.02531,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8474

secondary

#A9ACB3

accent

#8AB275

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8474

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

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