#8A5517#8A5517

#8A5517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.101 H 64.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5517
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 23)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 16.97, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 45.82, 68.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.0433 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.101 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8855, 11.9635, 2.3884)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5517 #174C8A

analogous

#8A1C17 #8A5517 #868A17

triadic

#8A5517 #178A55 #55178A

tetradic

#8A5517 #178A1C #174C8A #8A1786

square

#8A5517 #178A1C #174C8A #8A1786

split-complementary

#8A5517 #17868A #1C178A

monochromatic

#211406 #56350E #8A5517 #BE7520 #DF943D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A5517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A5517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5517

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5517	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)

#665A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.101 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855a',
    500: '#8a5517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5517;
$custom-light: #b1855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.348,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49898,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5517

secondary

#3F79BE

accent

#8DEE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5517

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

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