#8A5036#8A5036

#8A5036 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.087 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5036
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 21.66, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 33.54, 49.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.0623 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.087 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0168, 11.4083, 4.9532)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5036 #36708A

analogous

#8A3646 #8A5036 #8A7A36

triadic

#8A5036 #368A50 #50368A

tetradic

#8A5036 #468A36 #36708A #7A368A

square

#8A5036 #468A36 #36708A #7A368A

split-complementary

#8A5036 #368A7A #36468A

monochromatic

#321D14 #5E3625 #8A5036 #B66947 #C88D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A5036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A5036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5036

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5036	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.087 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0816d',
    500: '#8a5036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5036;
$custom-light: #b0816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49311,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5036

secondary

#6B9BB1

accent

#ACD354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5036

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

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