#8A5528#8A5528

#8A5528 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.092 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5528
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 40)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 17.78, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 38.95, 62.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.0482 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.092 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1138, 12.0548, 3.5906)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5528 #285D8A

analogous

#8A282C #8A5528 #8A8628

triadic

#8A5528 #288A55 #55288A

tetradic

#8A5528 #2C8A28 #285D8A #86288A

square

#8A5528 #2C8A28 #285D8A #86288A

split-complementary

#8A5528 #288A86 #282C8A

monochromatic

#2B1B0C #5B381A #8A5528 #B97236 #D0915D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8A5528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A5528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5528

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5528	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)

#655A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.092 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08564',
    500: '#8a5528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5528;
$custom-light: #b08564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.551,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50057,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5528

secondary

#598BB5

accent

#9ADE49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5528

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

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