HEX atlas value

#8A6D60

#8A6D60 is a warm orange HEX color close to Mocha. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 138, 109, 96, HSL 19, 18%, 46%, has luminance 0.1719, and belongs to the muted and earth tone groups.

orange warm muted earth-tone

#8A6D60 Sample readable text

HEX #8A6D60

RGB rgb(138, 109, 96)

HSL hsl(19 18% 46%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 21, 30, 46)

Luminance 0.1719

Contrast Black 4.44:1White 4.73:1

CSS

--color-8a6d60: #8A6D60;
.background-8a6d60 { background-color: #8A6D60; }
.text-8a6d60 { color: #8A6D60; }

Luminance0.1719

Black text4.44:1AA Fail

White text4.73:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8A6D60","rgb":[138,109,96],"hsl":[19,18,46],"cmyk":[0,21,30,46],"luminance":0.1719,"contrast":{"black":4.44,"white":4.73}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.44,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.73,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#54433B","hex":"#54433B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.24,"contrastWhite":9.37,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#B49D93","hex":"#B49D93","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.18,"contrastWhite":2.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Warm Gray","hex":"#8A8378","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.6,"contrastWhite":3.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#8A8360","hex":"#8A8360","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.5,"contrastWhite":3.82,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"Raw Umber","hex":"#826644","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.93,"contrastWhite":5.34,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","earth tone","muted orange","earth tone orange","Mocha adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8a6d60.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mocha.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-umber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/nickel.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#607D8A","analogous":["#8A6068","#8A8360"],"triadic":["#608A6E","#6E608A"],"tetradic":["#688A60","#607D8A","#83608A"],"splitComplementary":["#608A83","#60688A"],"monochromatic":["#B49D93","#8A6D60","#54433B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B49D93","dark":"#54433B","saturated":"#A46446","desaturated":"#757575","pastel":"#B7B4B3","neon":"#FF5F14"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mocha","name":"Mocha","hex":"#967969","distance":19.209372712298546},{"slug":"raw-umber","name":"Raw Umber","hex":"#826644","distance":29.949958263743873},{"slug":"nickel","name":"Nickel","hex":"#727472","distance":30.805843601498726},{"slug":"warm-gray","name":"Warm Gray","hex":"#8A8378","distance":32.55764119219941},{"slug":"machinery-gray","name":"Machinery Gray","hex":"#6C6F70","distance":34.058772731852805}]

HEX meaning and use

About #8A6D60

#8A6D60 is classified as a warm orange value with muted and earth tone visual character. #8A6D60 is visually closest to Mocha, a named orange color with HEX #967969.

The RGB channels are 138, 109, and 96, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 19deg with 18% saturation and 46% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.1719, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.21, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.44:1AA Fail

White text4.73:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8A6D60 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.44:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF4.73:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#54433B#FFFFFF text · best 9.37:1#54433B

#B49D93#000000 text · best 8.18:1#B49D93

Warm Gray#000000 text · best 5.6:1#8A8378

#8A8360#000000 text · best 5.5:1#8A8360

Raw Umber#FFFFFF text · best 5.34:1#826644

Generated Palette

#8A6D60#8A6D60

#607D8A#607D8A

#8A6068#8A6068

#8A8360#8A8360

#B49D93#B49D93

#54433B#54433B

Color Harmonies

#607D8A#607D8A

#8A6068#8A6068

#8A8360#8A8360

#608A6E#608A6E

#6E608A#6E608A

Variants

#B49D93#B49D93

#54433B#54433B

#A46446#A46446

#757575#757575

#B7B4B3#B7B4B3

#FF5F14#FF5F14

Nearest Named Colors

Mocha#967969

Raw Umber#826644

Nickel#727472

Warm Gray#8A8378

Machinery Gray#6C6F70

#8A6D60

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #8A6D60

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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