#8A5220#8A5220

#8A5220 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.098 H 58.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5220
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 32)
HSL	hsl(28, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 19.09, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 42.40, 63.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.0509 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.098 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7604, 11.5436, 2.8697)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5220 #20588A

analogous

#8A2023 #8A5220 #8A8720

triadic

#8A5220 #208A52 #52208A

tetradic

#8A5220 #238A20 #20588A #87208A

square

#8A5220 #238A20 #20588A #87208A

split-complementary

#8A5220 #208A87 #20238A

monochromatic

#271709 #583414 #8A5220 #BC702C #D68E4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A5220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5220

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5220	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)

#63581A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.098 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1835f',
    500: '#8a5220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5220;
$custom-light: #b1835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.302,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49396,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5220

secondary

#4D86B9

accent

#99E542

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5220

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

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