#8A5518#8A5518

#8A5518 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.101 H 64.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5518
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 24)
HSL	hsl(32, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 17.00, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 45.46, 68.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.0435 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.101 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8958, 11.9676, 2.4421)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5518 #184D8A

analogous

#8A1C18 #8A5518 #868A18

triadic

#8A5518 #188A55 #55188A

tetradic

#8A5518 #188A1C #184D8A #8A1886

square

#8A5518 #188A1C #184D8A #8A1886

split-complementary

#8A5518 #18868A #1C188A

monochromatic

#221506 #56350F #8A5518 #BE7521 #DE943F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A5518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A5518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5518

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5518	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)

#665A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.101 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855a',
    500: '#8a5518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5518;
$custom-light: #b1855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.105,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49905,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5518

secondary

#407BBD

accent

#8EED3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5518

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

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