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#8A736A

Mocha · medium warm orange

About #8A736A

#8A736A is a muted, medium shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 54% red, 45% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 23% yellow and 46% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Mocha (ΔE 5.6); Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6A818A — a slate gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #8A736A for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 4.74:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

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Red138
Green115
Blue106

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 5.6
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 11.7
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 12.1

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8A736A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A736A.
4.43:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A736A.
4.74:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A736A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A736A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#797569
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#7E7A6A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#907070

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A736A?

#8A736A is a muted, medium shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 54% red, 45% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 23% yellow and 46% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #8A736A?

Use black text. Black on #8A736A has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A736A?

Its complementary colour is #6A818A, and analogous partners are #8A6A71 and #8A836A.