#8A5137#8A5137

#8A5137 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.086 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5137
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 21.17, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 33.01, 50.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.0609 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.086 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1142, 11.5653, 5.1027)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5137 #37708A

analogous

#8A3747 #8A5137 #8A7A37

triadic

#8A5137 #378A51 #51378A

tetradic

#8A5137 #478A37 #37708A #7A378A

square

#8A5137 #478A37 #37708A #7A378A

split-complementary

#8A5137 #378A7A #37478A

monochromatic

#321E14 #5E3726 #8A5137 #B66B48 #C88E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8A5137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5137

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5137	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)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.086 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0826e',
    500: '#8a5137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5137;
$custom-light: #b0826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.795,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49513,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5137

secondary

#6D9BB0

accent

#ABD355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5137

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

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