#8A5526#8A5526

#8A5526 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.094 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5526
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 38)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 17.66, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 39.81, 63.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.0476 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.094 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0807, 12.0416, 3.4160)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5526 #265B8A

analogous

#8A2629 #8A5526 #8A8726

triadic

#8A5526 #268A55 #55268A

tetradic

#8A5526 #298A26 #265B8A #87268A

square

#8A5526 #298A26 #265B8A #87268A

split-complementary

#8A5526 #268A87 #26298A

monochromatic

#2A1A0C #5A3719 #8A5526 #BA7333 #D19259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8A5526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A5526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5526

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5526	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)

#655A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.094 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18563',
    500: '#8a5526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5526;
$custom-light: #b18563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50034,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5526

secondary

#5689B6

accent

#98E048

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5526

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

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