#8A5420#8A5420

#8A5420 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.097 H 60.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5420
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 32)
HSL	hsl(29, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 17.93, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 42.35, 64.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.0474 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.097 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9134, 11.8496, 2.9207)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5420 #20568A

analogous

#8A2021 #8A5420 #8A8920

triadic

#8A5420 #208A54 #54208A

tetradic

#8A5420 #218A20 #20568A #89208A

square

#8A5420 #218A20 #20568A #89208A

split-complementary

#8A5420 #208A89 #20218A

monochromatic

#271809 #583614 #8A5420 #BC722C #D6914E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A5420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A5420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5420

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5420	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)

#655919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.097 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1845f',
    500: '#8a5420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5420;
$custom-light: #b1845f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.434,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49779,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5420

secondary

#4D84B9

accent

#95E542

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5420

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

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