#8A5529#8A5529

#8A5529 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.092 H 58.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5529
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 41)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 17.84, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 38.52, 62.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.0486 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.092 58)
XYZ	xyz(14.1310, 12.0617, 3.6813)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5529 #295E8A

analogous

#8A292E #8A5529 #8A8529

triadic

#8A5529 #298A55 #55298A

tetradic

#8A5529 #2E8A29 #295E8A #85298A

square

#8A5529 #2E8A29 #295E8A #85298A

split-complementary

#8A5529 #298A85 #292E8A

monochromatic

#2C1B0D #5B381B #8A5529 #B97237 #CF915E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A5529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A5529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5529

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5529	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.092 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08565',
    500: '#8a5529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5529;
$custom-light: #b08565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.216,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50069,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.1206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5529

secondary

#5A8CB5

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5529

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

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