#8A5617#8A5617

#8A5617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.101 H 65.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5617
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 16.38, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 45.82, 69.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.0416 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.101 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9648, 12.1221, 2.4148)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5617 #174B8A

analogous

#8A1D17 #8A5617 #858A17

triadic

#8A5617 #178A56 #56178A

tetradic

#8A5617 #178A1D #174B8A #8A1785

square

#8A5617 #178A1D #174B8A #8A1785

split-complementary

#8A5617 #17858A #1D178A

monochromatic

#211506 #56350E #8A5617 #BE7720 #DF953D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8A5617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A5617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5617

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5617	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.101 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1855a',
    500: '#8a5617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5617;
$custom-light: #b1855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.87,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50093,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5617

secondary

#3F78BE

accent

#8BEE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5617

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

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