#8A551D#8A551D

#8A551D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.099 H 63.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A551D
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 17.20, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 43.54, 66.73°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.0448 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.099 63)
XYZ	xyz(13.9526, 11.9904, 2.7417)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A551D #1D528A

analogous

#8A1F1D #8A551D #888A1D

triadic

#8A551D #1D8A55 #551D8A

tetradic

#8A551D #1D8A1F #1D528A #8A1D88

square

#8A551D #1D8A1F #1D528A #8A1D88

split-complementary

#8A551D #1D888A #1F1D8A

monochromatic

#251708 #573612 #8A551D #BD7428 #D99349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A551D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A551D	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)

#665A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.099 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855d',
    500: '#8a551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a551d;
$custom-light: #b1855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.826,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49945,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.11989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A551D

secondary

#4880BB

accent

#92E840

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A551D

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

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