#8A5222#8A5222

#8A5222 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.097 H 58.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5222
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 19.19, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 41.58, 62.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.0515 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.097 58)
XYZ	xyz(13.7884, 11.5548, 3.0172)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5222 #225A8A

analogous

#8A2226 #8A5222 #8A8622

triadic

#8A5222 #228A52 #52228A

tetradic

#8A5222 #268A22 #225A8A #86228A

square

#8A5222 #268A22 #225A8A #86228A

split-complementary

#8A5222 #228A86 #22268A

monochromatic

#28180A #593516 #8A5222 #BB6F2E #D48E52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8A5222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5222

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5222	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)

#63581C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.097 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18360',
    500: '#8a5222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5222;
$custom-light: #b18360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49416,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.11553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5222

secondary

#5088B8

accent

#9AE444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5222

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

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