#8A523C#8A523C

#8A523C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.082 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A523C
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(17, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 21.02, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 31.00, 47.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.0613 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.082 42)
XYZ	xyz(14.3151, 11.7654, 5.7911)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A523C #3C748A

analogous

#8A3C4D #8A523C #8A793C

triadic

#8A523C #3C8A52 #523C8A

tetradic

#8A523C #4D8A3C #3C748A #793C8A

square

#8A523C #4D8A3C #3C748A #793C8A

split-complementary

#8A523C #3C8A79 #3C4D8A

monochromatic

#351F17 #5F3929 #8A523C #B36C50 #C6907B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8A523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A523C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A523C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A523C	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61593A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.082 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8372',
    500: '#8a523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a523c;
$custom-light: #af8372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.923,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49789,
    "c": 0.08247,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.11764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A523C

secondary

#739EAF

accent

#AECF59

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A523C

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

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