#8A5217#8A5217

#8A5217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.102 H 61.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5217
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 23)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 18.71, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 45.88, 65.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% 0.0484 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.102 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6544, 11.5012, 2.3113)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5217 #174F8A

analogous

#8A1917 #8A5217 #898A17

triadic

#8A5217 #178A52 #52178A

tetradic

#8A5217 #178A19 #174F8A #8A1789

square

#8A5217 #178A19 #174F8A #8A1789

split-complementary

#8A5217 #17898A #19178A

monochromatic

#211406 #56330E #8A5217 #BE7120 #DF903D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8A5217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A5217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5217

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5217	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63570D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.102 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28359',
    500: '#8a5217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5217;
$custom-light: #b28359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49321,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5217

secondary

#3F7DBE

accent

#92EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5217

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

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