#8A5519#8A5519

#8A5519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.101 H 64.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5519
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 25)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 17.04, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 45.09, 67.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.0438 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.101 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9064, 11.9719, 2.4979)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5519 #194E8A

analogous

#8A1C19 #8A5519 #878A19

triadic

#8A5519 #198A55 #55198A

tetradic

#8A5519 #198A1C #194E8A #8A1987

square

#8A5519 #198A1C #194E8A #8A1987

split-complementary

#8A5519 #19878A #1C198A

monochromatic

#221506 #563510 #8A5519 #BE7522 #DD9441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A5519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A5519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5519

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5519	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)

#665A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.101 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855b',
    500: '#8a5519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5519;
$custom-light: #b1855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.858,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49913,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5519

secondary

#427CBD

accent

#8EEC3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5519

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

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