#8A5515#8A5515

#8A5515 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.102 H 65.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5515
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 21)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 16.90, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 46.52, 68.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.0428 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.102 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8663, 11.9558, 2.2868)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5515 #154A8A

analogous

#8A1B15 #8A5515 #848A15

triadic

#8A5515 #158A55 #55158A

tetradic

#8A5515 #158A1B #154A8A #8A1584

square

#8A5515 #158A1B #154A8A #8A1584

split-complementary

#8A5515 #15848A #1B158A

monochromatic

#201405 #55340D #8A5515 #BF761D #E19539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A5515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A5515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5515

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5515	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.102 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28559',
    500: '#8a5515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5515;
$custom-light: #b28559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.821,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49885,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5515

secondary

#3D77BE

accent

#8BF038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5515

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

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