#8A5437#8A5437

#8A5437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.084 H 48.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5437
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 19.43, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 32.65, 53.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0557 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.084 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3421, 12.0211, 5.1787)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5437 #376D8A

analogous

#8A3743 #8A5437 #8A7D37

triadic

#8A5437 #378A54 #54378A

tetradic

#8A5437 #438A37 #376D8A #7D378A

square

#8A5437 #438A37 #376D8A #7D378A

split-complementary

#8A5437 #378A7D #37438A

monochromatic

#321F14 #5E3926 #8A5437 #B66F48 #C89174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5437

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5437	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.084 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0846e',
    500: '#8a5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5437;
$custom-light: #b0846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.964,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50078,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5437

secondary

#6D99B0

accent

#A7D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5437

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

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