#8A5136#8A5136

#8A5136 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.086 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5136
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 21.09, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 33.40, 50.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.0605 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.086 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0905, 11.5558, 4.9777)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5136 #366F8A

analogous

#8A3645 #8A5136 #8A7B36

triadic

#8A5136 #368A51 #51368A

tetradic

#8A5136 #458A36 #366F8A #7B368A

square

#8A5136 #458A36 #366F8A #7B368A

split-complementary

#8A5136 #368A7B #36458A

monochromatic

#321D14 #5E3725 #8A5136 #B66B47 #C88E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8A5136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5136

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5136	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.086 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0826d',
    500: '#8a5136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5136;
$custom-light: #b0826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49496,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5136

secondary

#6B9AB1

accent

#ABD354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5136

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

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