#8A5337#8A5337

#8A5337 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.084 H 47.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5337
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 20.01, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 32.76, 52.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.0574 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.084 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2651, 11.8670, 5.1530)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5337 #376E8A

analogous

#8A3744 #8A5337 #8A7C37

triadic

#8A5337 #378A53 #53378A

tetradic

#8A5337 #448A37 #376E8A #7C378A

square

#8A5337 #448A37 #376E8A #7C378A

split-complementary

#8A5337 #378A7C #37448A

monochromatic

#321E14 #5E3926 #8A5337 #B66D48 #C89074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A5337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A5337 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5337

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5337	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96494C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.084 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0846e',
    500: '#8a5337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5337;
$custom-light: #b0846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.241,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49889,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5337

secondary

#6D99B0

accent

#A8D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5337

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

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