#8A5522#8A5522

#8A5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.096 H 61.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5522
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(29, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 17.44, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 41.51, 65.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.0463 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.096 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0196, 12.0171, 3.0943)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5522 #22578A

analogous

#8A2223 #8A5522 #8A8922

triadic

#8A5522 #228A55 #55228A

tetradic

#8A5522 #238A22 #22578A #89228A

square

#8A5522 #238A22 #22578A #89228A

split-complementary

#8A5522 #228A89 #22238A

monochromatic

#28190A #593716 #8A5522 #BB732E #D49252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5522

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5522	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)

#655A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.096 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18560',
    500: '#8a5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5522;
$custom-light: #b18560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.423,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49991,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5522

secondary

#5085B8

accent

#95E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5522

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

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