#8A511E#8A511E

#8A511E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.100 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A511E
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 19.58, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 43.25, 63.09°)
OKLab	oklab(49.19% 0.052 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(49.19% 0.1 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6592, 11.3833, 2.7059)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A511E #1E578A

analogous

#8A1E21 #8A511E #8A871E

triadic

#8A511E #1E8A51 #511E8A

tetradic

#8A511E #218A1E #1E578A #871E8A

square

#8A511E #218A1E #1E578A #871E8A

split-complementary

#8A511E #1E8A87 #1E218A

monochromatic

#251608 #583313 #8A511E #BC6F29 #D88D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8A511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A511E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A511E	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)

#625717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.100 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1825d',
    500: '#8a511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a511e;
$custom-light: #b1825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49188,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A511E

secondary

#4A85BA

accent

#99E741

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A511E

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

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