#8A5232#8A5232

#8A5232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.088 H 49.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5232
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(22, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.69, 20.19, 28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.69, 34.88, 54.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.0572 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.088 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0753, 11.6695, 4.5282)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5232 #326A8A

analogous

#8A323E #8A5232 #8A7E32

triadic

#8A5232 #328A52 #52328A

tetradic

#8A5232 #3E8A32 #326A8A #7E328A

square

#8A5232 #3E8A32 #326A8A #7E328A

split-complementary

#8A5232 #328A7E #323E8A

monochromatic

#301D11 #5D3722 #8A5232 #B76D42 #CA8E6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8A5232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A5232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5232

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5232	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96474A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.088 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0836b',
    500: '#8a5232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5232;
$custom-light: #b0836b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4962,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5232

secondary

#6696B2

accent

#A6D651

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5232

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

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