#8A5532#8A5532

#8A5532 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.086 H 53.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5532
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(24, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 18.45, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 34.65, 57.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.19% 0.0519 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(50.19% 0.086 53)
XYZ	xyz(14.3065, 12.1319, 4.6052)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5532 #32678A

analogous

#8A323B #8A5532 #8A8132

triadic

#8A5532 #328A55 #55328A

tetradic

#8A5532 #3B8A32 #32678A #81328A

square

#8A5532 #3B8A32 #32678A #81328A

split-complementary

#8A5532 #328A81 #323B8A

monochromatic

#301E11 #5D3922 #8A5532 #B77142 #CA926C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8A5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8A5532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5532

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5532	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.086 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0856b',
    500: '#8a5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5532;
$custom-light: #b0856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.864,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5019,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.12131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5532

secondary

#6694B2

accent

#A2D651

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5532

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

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