#8A5537#8A5537

#8A5537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.083 H 49.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5537
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 18.84, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 32.56, 54.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0539 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.083 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4203, 12.1774, 5.2047)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5537 #376C8A

analogous

#8A3742 #8A5537 #8A7E37

triadic

#8A5537 #378A55 #55378A

tetradic

#8A5537 #428A37 #376C8A #7E378A

square

#8A5537 #428A37 #376C8A #7E378A

split-complementary

#8A5537 #378A7E #37428A

monochromatic

#321F14 #5E3A26 #8A5537 #B67048 #C89274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#8A5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A5537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5537

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5537	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.083 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0856e',
    500: '#8a5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5537;
$custom-light: #b0856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.687,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50269,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5537

secondary

#6D98B0

accent

#A5D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5537

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

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