#8A5536#8A5536

#8A5536 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.084 H 50.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5536
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 18.76, 27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 32.97, 55.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.0535 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.084 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3966, 12.1679, 5.0798)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5536 #366B8A

analogous

#8A3641 #8A5536 #8A7F36

triadic

#8A5536 #368A55 #55368A

tetradic

#8A5536 #418A36 #366B8A #7F368A

square

#8A5536 #418A36 #366B8A #7F368A

split-complementary

#8A5536 #368A7F #36418A

monochromatic

#321F14 #5E3A25 #8A5536 #B67047 #C89272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8A5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8A5536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5536

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5536	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.084 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0856e',
    500: '#8a5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5536;
$custom-light: #b0856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50252,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5536

secondary

#6B97B1

accent

#A5D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5536

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

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