#8A5236#8A5236

#8A5236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.086 H 46.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5236
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 20.51, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 33.27, 51.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.0588 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.086 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1654, 11.7056, 5.0027)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5236 #366E8A

analogous

#8A3644 #8A5236 #8A7C36

triadic

#8A5236 #368A52 #52368A

tetradic

#8A5236 #448A36 #366E8A #7C368A

square

#8A5236 #448A36 #366E8A #7C368A

split-complementary

#8A5236 #368A7C #36448A

monochromatic

#321E14 #5E3825 #8A5236 #B66C47 #C88F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8A5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5236

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5236	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.086 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0836d',
    500: '#8a5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5236;
$custom-light: #b0836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49684,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5236

secondary

#6B99B1

accent

#A9D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5236

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

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