#8A5424#8A5424

#8A5424 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.095 H 59.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5424
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 36)
HSL	hsl(28, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 18.13, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 40.68, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.0486 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.095 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9711, 11.8727, 3.2246)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5424 #245A8A

analogous

#8A2427 #8A5424 #8A8724

triadic

#8A5424 #248A54 #54248A

tetradic

#8A5424 #278A24 #245A8A #87248A

square

#8A5424 #278A24 #245A8A #87248A

split-complementary

#8A5424 #248A87 #24278A

monochromatic

#29190B #593617 #8A5424 #BB7231 #D39156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8A5424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A5424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5424

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5424	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.095 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18461',
    500: '#8a5424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5424;
$custom-light: #b18461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49819,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5424

secondary

#5388B7

accent

#98E246

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5424

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

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