Dirt #8A6E45

About this color

#8A6E45 is a medium-dark, muted brown. In OKLCH its lightness is 56%, its chroma 0.067 and its hue 76°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dirt. White text reads best on it, at 4.77:1.

Colors that go with Dirt

Matches found by rotating Dirt around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dirt

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dirt, closest first.

• Terrazzo Table
• Kyoto Steam
• Chalk Page
• Linen Gallery
• Marble Lookbook
• Pressed Radio
• Pinecone and Holly
• Evergreen Feast

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dirt, with their ΔE distance.

• Dull Brown #876E4B ΔE 0.009
• Grey Brown #7F7053 ΔE 0.023
• Dirt Brown #836539 ΔE 0.029
• Dark Taupe #7F684E ΔE 0.031
• Cocoa #875F42 ΔE 0.042
• Mocha #9D7651 ΔE 0.042
• Earth #A2653E ΔE 0.045
• Sepia #985E2B ΔE 0.045

More about Dirt

• Shades of brown
• What brown means

How to make Dirt

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts gray
• 3 parts brown
• 1 part orange

Recipe result: #8A6E48, a difference of ΔE 0.004 from Dirt. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make brown? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dirt in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dirt

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F7F5F2

   oklch(97.1% 0.005 78.3)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EDE9E3

   oklch(93.5% 0.009 78.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E0D8CD

   oklch(88.6% 0.017 76.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #CCBEAB

   oklch(80.8% 0.031 75.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #B29D7F

   oklch(70.7% 0.048 76.6)

6. Step 500

   500

   #9F855F

   oklch(63.1% 0.062 76.7)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #8A6E45

   oklch(55.6% 0.067 76.2)

8. Step 700

   700

   #755C37

   oklch(49.1% 0.062 76.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #5F4B2E

   oklch(42.6% 0.051 76)

10. Step 900

    900

    #4E3F29

    oklch(37.8% 0.04 76.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2E2518

    oklch(27.1% 0.026 76.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dirt with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.