#8A513B#8A513B

#8A513B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.084 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A513B
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 59)
HSL	hsl(17, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, 21.51, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 31.53, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.0626 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.084 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2140, 11.6052, 5.6283)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A513B #3B748A

analogous

#8A3B4C #8A513B #8A783B

triadic

#8A513B #3B8A51 #513B8A

tetradic

#8A513B #4C8A3B #3B748A #783B8A

square

#8A513B #4C8A3B #3B748A #783B8A

split-complementary

#8A513B #3B8A78 #3B4C8A

monochromatic

#341F16 #5F3829 #8A513B #B46B4F #C68F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A513B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A513B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A513B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A513B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A513B	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D643A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a513b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.084 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8271',
    500: '#8a513b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a513b;
$custom-light: #af8271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a513b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.709,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49584,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A513B

secondary

#719EAF

accent

#AFD058

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A513B

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

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