#8A5635#8A5635

#8A5635 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.084 H 52.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5635
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 18.10, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 33.31, 57.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0513 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.084 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4526, 12.3172, 4.9838)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5635 #35698A

analogous

#8A353E #8A5635 #8A8135

triadic

#8A5635 #358A56 #56358A

tetradic

#8A5635 #3E8A35 #35698A #81358A

square

#8A5635 #3E8A35 #35698A #81358A

split-complementary

#8A5635 #358A81 #353E8A

monochromatic

#321F13 #5E3A24 #8A5635 #B67246 #C89371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8A5635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8A5635 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5635

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5635	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.084 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0866d',
    500: '#8a5635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5635;
$custom-light: #b0866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.294,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50428,
    "c": 0.08374,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5635

secondary

#6A95B1

accent

#A2D454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5635

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

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