#8A551E#8A551E

#8A551E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.098 H 62.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A551E
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 30)
HSL	hsl(31, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 17.25, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 43.15, 66.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.0451 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.098 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9652, 11.9954, 2.8079)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A551E #1E538A

analogous

#8A1F1E #8A551E #898A1E

triadic

#8A551E #1E8A55 #551E8A

tetradic

#8A551E #1E8A1F #1E538A #8A1E89

square

#8A551E #1E8A1F #1E538A #8A1E89

split-complementary

#8A551E #1E898A #1F1E8A

monochromatic

#251708 #583613 #8A551E #BC7429 #D8934B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A551E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A551E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A551E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A551E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A551E	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)

#665A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a551e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.098 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855e',
    500: '#8a551e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a551e;
$custom-light: #b1855e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a551e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49954,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A551E

secondary

#4A81BA

accent

#92E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A551E

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

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