#8A5038#8A5038

#8A5038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.086 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5038
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 21.83, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 32.79, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% 0.0631 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.086 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0647, 11.4275, 5.2056)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5038 #38728A

analogous

#8A3849 #8A5038 #8A7938

triadic

#8A5038 #388A50 #50388A

tetradic

#8A5038 #498A38 #38728A #79388A

square

#8A5038 #498A38 #38728A #79388A

split-complementary

#8A5038 #388A79 #38498A

monochromatic

#331E15 #5E3726 #8A5038 #B5694A #C78D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5038

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5038	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.086 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0826f',
    500: '#8a5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5038;
$custom-light: #b0826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49345,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5038

secondary

#6E9DB0

accent

#AED256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5038

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

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