#8A5223#8A5223

#8A5223 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.097 H 57.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5223
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(27, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 19.24, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 41.17, 62.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% 0.0518 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.097 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8030, 11.5606, 3.0943)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5223 #235B8A

analogous

#8A2327 #8A5223 #8A8623

triadic

#8A5223 #238A52 #52238A

tetradic

#8A5223 #278A23 #235B8A #86238A

square

#8A5223 #278A23 #235B8A #86238A

split-complementary

#8A5223 #238A86 #23278A

monochromatic

#28180A #593517 #8A5223 #BB6F2F #D48E54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8A5223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5223

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5223	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)

#63581E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.097 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18360',
    500: '#8a5223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5223;
$custom-light: #b18360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.379,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49426,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5223

secondary

#5189B7

accent

#9BE345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5223

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

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