#8A5541#8A5541

#8A5541 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.077 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5541
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(16, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 19.75, 20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 28.73, 46.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.0581 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.077 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6848, 12.2832, 6.5975)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5541 #41768A

analogous

#8A4152 #8A5541 #8A7A41

triadic

#8A5541 #418A55 #55418A

tetradic

#8A5541 #528A41 #41768A #7A418A

square

#8A5541 #528A41 #41768A #7A418A

split-complementary

#8A5541 #418A7A #41528A

monochromatic

#37221A #603B2D #8A5541 #B07058 #C49482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8A5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8A5541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5541

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5541	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.077 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8576',
    500: '#8a5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5541;
$custom-light: #af8576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.438,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50451,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5541

secondary

#78A0AE

accent

#ADCC5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5541

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

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