#8A5637#8A5637

#8A5637 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.082 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5637
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 18.26, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 32.47, 55.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.0521 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.082 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4996, 12.3360, 5.2311)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5637 #376B8A

analogous

#8A3741 #8A5637 #8A7F37

triadic

#8A5637 #378A56 #56378A

tetradic

#8A5637 #418A37 #376B8A #7F378A

square

#8A5637 #418A37 #376B8A #7F378A

split-complementary

#8A5637 #378A7F #37418A

monochromatic

#321F14 #5E3B26 #8A5637 #B67148 #C89374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8A5637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8A5637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5637

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5637	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.082 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0866e',
    500: '#8a5637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5637;
$custom-light: #b0866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.41,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50461,
    "c": 0.08247,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5637

secondary

#6D97B0

accent

#A4D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5637

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

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