#8A523B#8A523B

#8A523B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.083 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A523B
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(17, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 20.93, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 31.37, 48.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.0608 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.083 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2889, 11.7550, 5.6532)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A523B #3B738A

analogous

#8A3B4B #8A523B #8A793B

triadic

#8A523B #3B8A52 #523B8A

tetradic

#8A523B #4B8A3B #3B738A #793B8A

square

#8A523B #4B8A3B #3B738A #793B8A

split-complementary

#8A523B #3B8A79 #3B4B8A

monochromatic

#341F16 #5F3929 #8A523B #B46C4F #C69079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A523B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A523B	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96484C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.083 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8371',
    500: '#8a523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a523b;
$custom-light: #af8371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.468,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49771,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A523B

secondary

#719DAF

accent

#ADD058

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A523B

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

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