#8A5135#8A5135

#8A5135 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.087 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5135
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 21.01, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 33.79, 51.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.0601 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.087 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0673, 11.5465, 4.8553)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5135 #356E8A

analogous

#8A3543 #8A5135 #8A7C35

triadic

#8A5135 #358A51 #51358A

tetradic

#8A5135 #438A35 #356E8A #7C358A

square

#8A5135 #438A35 #356E8A #7C358A

split-complementary

#8A5135 #358A7C #35438A

monochromatic

#321D13 #5E3724 #8A5135 #B66B46 #C88E71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A5135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5135 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5135

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5135	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.087 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0826d',
    500: '#8a5135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5135;
$custom-light: #b0826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.765,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4948,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5135

secondary

#6A99B1

accent

#AAD454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5135

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

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