#8A5527#8A5527

#8A5527 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.093 H 59.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5527
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 39)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 17.72, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 39.38, 63.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.0479 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.093 59)
XYZ	xyz(14.0970, 12.0481, 3.5022)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5527 #275C8A

analogous

#8A272A #8A5527 #8A8727

triadic

#8A5527 #278A55 #55278A

tetradic

#8A5527 #2A8A27 #275C8A #87278A

square

#8A5527 #2A8A27 #275C8A #87278A

split-complementary

#8A5527 #278A87 #272A8A

monochromatic

#2B1A0C #5A381A #8A5527 #BA7234 #D1925B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8A5527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A5527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5527

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5527	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)

#655A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.093 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18563',
    500: '#8a5527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5527;
$custom-light: #b18563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.879,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50045,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.12047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5527

secondary

#578AB6

accent

#99DF49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5527

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

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