#8A552A#8A552A

#8A552A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.091 H 57.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A552A
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 17.90, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 38.09, 61.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0489 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.091 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1487, 12.0688, 3.7744)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A552A #2A5F8A

analogous

#8A2A2F #8A552A #8A852A

triadic

#8A552A #2A8A55 #552A8A

tetradic

#8A552A #2F8A2A #2A5F8A #852A8A

square

#8A552A #2F8A2A #2A5F8A #852A8A

split-complementary

#8A552A #2A8A85 #2A2F8A

monochromatic

#2C1B0D #5B381C #8A552A #B97238 #CF9160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A552A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A552A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A552A	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)

#655A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.091 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08565',
    500: '#8a552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a552a;
$custom-light: #b08565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50081,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A552A

secondary

#5B8DB4

accent

#9BDD4B

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A552A

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

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