#8A5524#8A5524

#8A5524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.095 H 60.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5524
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 17.55, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 40.66, 64.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.0469 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.095 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0493, 12.0290, 3.2507)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5524 #24598A

analogous

#8A2426 #8A5524 #8A8824

triadic

#8A5524 #248A55 #55248A

tetradic

#8A5524 #268A24 #24598A #88248A

square

#8A5524 #268A24 #24598A #88248A

split-complementary

#8A5524 #248A88 #24268A

monochromatic

#29190B #593717 #8A5524 #BB7331 #D39256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A5524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A5524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5524

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5524	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.095 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18561',
    500: '#8a5524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5524;
$custom-light: #b18561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.824,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50012,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5524

secondary

#5387B7

accent

#97E246

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5524

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

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