#8A531B#8A531B

#8A531B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.100 H 61.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A531B
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 27)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(30, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.69, 18.29, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.69, 44.36, 65.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.0477 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.1 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7735, 11.6703, 2.5639)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A531B #1B528A

analogous

#8A1B1B #8A531B #8A8A1B

triadic

#8A531B #1B8A53 #531B8A

tetradic

#8A531B #1B8A1B #1B528A #8A1B8A

square

#8A531B #1B8A1B #1B528A #8A1B8A

split-complementary

#8A531B #1B8A8A #1B1B8A

monochromatic

#241507 #573411 #8A531B #BD7225 #DB9045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8A531B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A531B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A531B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A531B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A531B	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)

#645813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a531b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.100 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1835c',
    500: '#8a531b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a531b;
$custom-light: #b1835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a531b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.27,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49542,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A531B

secondary

#4580BC

accent

#93EA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A531B

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

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