#8A552B#8A552B

#8A552B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.091 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A552B
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(27, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 17.96, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 37.66, 61.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.0493 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.091 57)
XYZ	xyz(14.1668, 12.0760, 3.8698)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A552B #2B608A

analogous

#8A2B31 #8A552B #8A842B

triadic

#8A552B #2B8A55 #552B8A

tetradic

#8A552B #318A2B #2B608A #842B8A

square

#8A552B #318A2B #2B608A #842B8A

split-complementary

#8A552B #2B8A84 #2B318A

monochromatic

#2D1C0E #5B381C #8A552B #B9723A #CE9161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A552B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A552B	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.091 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08566',
    500: '#8a552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a552b;
$custom-light: #b08566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.526,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50093,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.12075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A552B

secondary

#5D8DB4

accent

#9CDC4C

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A552B

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

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