#8A5525#8A5525

#8A5525 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.094 H 59.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5525
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 17.60, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 40.24, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.0472 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.094 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0648, 12.0352, 3.3322)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5525 #255A8A

analogous

#8A2528 #8A5525 #8A8825

triadic

#8A5525 #258A55 #55258A

tetradic

#8A5525 #288A25 #255A8A #88258A

square

#8A5525 #288A25 #255A8A #88258A

split-complementary

#8A5525 #258A88 #25288A

monochromatic

#291A0B #5A3718 #8A5525 #BA7332 #D29257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8A5525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A5525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5525

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5525	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.094 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18562',
    500: '#8a5525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5525;
$custom-light: #b18562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.515,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50023,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5525

secondary

#5488B7

accent

#98E147

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5525

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

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