#8A511D#8A511D

#8A511D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.100 H 58.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A511D
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 19.53, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 43.64, 63.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.0517 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.1 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6466, 11.3783, 2.6397)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A511D #1D568A

analogous

#8A1D20 #8A511D #8A871D

triadic

#8A511D #1D8A51 #511D8A

tetradic

#8A511D #208A1D #1D568A #871D8A

square

#8A511D #208A1D #1D568A #871D8A

split-complementary

#8A511D #1D8A87 #1D208A

monochromatic

#251608 #573312 #8A511D #BD6F28 #D98D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8A511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A511D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A511D	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.100 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1825d',
    500: '#8a511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a511d;
$custom-light: #b1825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.624,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49179,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A511D

secondary

#4884BB

accent

#98E840

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A511D

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

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