#8A553B#8A553B

#8A553B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.081 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A553B
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(20, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 19.19, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 30.95, 51.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.0555 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.081 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5201, 12.2173, 5.7303)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A553B #3B708A

analogous

#8A3B48 #8A553B #8A7C3B

triadic

#8A553B #3B8A55 #553B8A

tetradic

#8A553B #488A3B #3B708A #7C3B8A

square

#8A553B #488A3B #3B708A #7C3B8A

split-complementary

#8A553B #3B8A7C #3B488A

monochromatic

#342016 #5F3B29 #8A553B #B4704F #C69379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8A553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A553B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A553B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A553B	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.081 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8571',
    500: '#8a553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a553b;
$custom-light: #af8571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.747,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50337,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A553B

secondary

#719BAF

accent

#A8D058

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A553B

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

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