#8A5717#8A5717

#8A5717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.101 H 66.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5717
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 15.80, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 45.83, 69.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% 0.0398 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.101 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0452, 12.2829, 2.4416)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5717 #174A8A

analogous

#8A1D17 #8A5717 #848A17

triadic

#8A5717 #178A57 #57178A

tetradic

#8A5717 #178A1D #174A8A #8A1784

square

#8A5717 #178A1D #174A8A #8A1784

split-complementary

#8A5717 #17848A #1D178A

monochromatic

#211506 #56360E #8A5717 #BE7820 #DF973D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8A5717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8A5717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5717

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5717	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)

#685B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.101 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1865a',
    500: '#8a5717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5717;
$custom-light: #b1865a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.391,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50289,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5717

secondary

#3F77BE

accent

#8AEE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5717

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

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