HEX Color #8A6D2C (Peru)

About #8A6D2C

The hex code #8A6D2C represents a beautifully specific shade of orange. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Peru. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 109, and 44.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 21% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 41.5° hue, 51.6% saturation, and 35.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A6D2C

RGB138, 109, 44

HSL41.5°, 51.6%, 35.7%

CMYK0%, 21%, 68%, 46%

HSV41.5°, 68.1%, 54.1%

LAB47.7, 4.0, 39.6

XYZ16.4, 16.5, 4.7

Decimal9071916

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8A6D2C #2C4889

Analogous

#893E2C #77892C

Triadic

#2C896D #6C2C89

Tetradic

#2C893E #2C4889 #892C77

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8A6D2C

#977D43

#A48D5A

#B19D72

#BEAD89

#CBBEA1

#D8CEB8

#E5DED0

#F2EEE7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8A6D2C

#7A6027

#6B5422

#5C481D

#4C3C18

#3D3013

#2E240E

#1E1809

#0F0C04

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.88:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.30:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.66:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.66:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A6D2C; }

.text-color { color: #8A6D2C; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A6D2C; }

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