#8A551B#8A551B

#8A551B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.100 H 63.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A551B
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 17.12, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 44.33, 67.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.0443 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.1 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9287, 11.9808, 2.6157)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A551B #1B508A

analogous

#8A1D1B #8A551B #888A1B

triadic

#8A551B #1B8A55 #551B8A

tetradic

#8A551B #1B8A1D #1B508A #8A1B88

square

#8A551B #1B8A1D #1B508A #8A1B88

split-complementary

#8A551B #1B888A #1D1B8A

monochromatic

#241607 #573511 #8A551B #BD7525 #DB9345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A551B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A551B	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.100 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855c',
    500: '#8a551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a551b;
$custom-light: #b1855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.351,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49928,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A551B

secondary

#457EBC

accent

#90EA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A551B

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

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