#8A5037#8A5037

#8A5037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.087 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5037
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 21.75, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 33.16, 49.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.0627 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.087 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0405, 11.4178, 5.0781)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5037 #37718A

analogous

#8A3748 #8A5037 #8A7937

triadic

#8A5037 #378A50 #50378A

tetradic

#8A5037 #488A37 #37718A #79378A

square

#8A5037 #488A37 #37718A #79378A

split-complementary

#8A5037 #378A79 #37488A

monochromatic

#321D14 #5E3726 #8A5037 #B66948 #C88D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5037

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5037	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)

#5F5735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.087 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0816e',
    500: '#8a5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5037;
$custom-light: #b0816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.072,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49328,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5037

secondary

#6D9CB0

accent

#ADD355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5037

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

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