#8A5228#8A5228

#8A5228 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.094 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5228
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 40)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 19.52, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 39.07, 60.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.0535 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.094 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8826, 11.5925, 3.5135)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5228 #28608A

analogous

#8A282F #8A5228 #8A8328

triadic

#8A5228 #288A52 #52288A

tetradic

#8A5228 #2F8A28 #28608A #83288A

square

#8A5228 #2F8A28 #28608A #83288A

split-complementary

#8A5228 #288A83 #282F8A

monochromatic

#2B1A0C #5B361A #8A5228 #B96E36 #D08E5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8A5228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A5228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5228

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5228	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.094 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18364',
    500: '#8a5228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5228;
$custom-light: #b18364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49483,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5228

secondary

#598EB5

accent

#9FDE49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5228

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

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