#8A5520#8A5520

#8A5520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.097 H 61.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5520
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 32)
HSL	hsl(30, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 17.34, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 42.33, 65.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.0457 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.097 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9916, 12.0059, 2.9467)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5520 #20558A

analogous

#8A2020 #8A5520 #8A8A20

triadic

#8A5520 #208A55 #55208A

tetradic

#8A5520 #208A20 #20558A #8A208A

square

#8A5520 #208A20 #20558A #8A208A

split-complementary

#8A5520 #208A8A #20208A

monochromatic

#271809 #583614 #8A5520 #BC742C #D6924E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A5520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A5520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5520

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5520	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.097 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855f',
    500: '#8a5520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5520;
$custom-light: #b1855f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49972,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5520

secondary

#4D83B9

accent

#94E542

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5520

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

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