#8A5741#8A5741

#8A5741 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.076 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5741
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 65)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 18.58, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 28.42, 49.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.0545 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.076 44)
XYZ	xyz(14.8444, 12.6026, 6.6507)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5741 #41748A

analogous

#8A4150 #8A5741 #8A7C41

triadic

#8A5741 #418A57 #57418A

tetradic

#8A5741 #508A41 #41748A #7C418A

square

#8A5741 #508A41 #41748A #7C418A

split-complementary

#8A5741 #418A7C #41508A

monochromatic

#37231A #603D2D #8A5741 #B07358 #C49682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8A5741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A5741 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5741

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5741	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.076 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8676',
    500: '#8a5741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5741;
$custom-light: #af8676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50833,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.12601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5741

secondary

#789EAE

accent

#AACC5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5741

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

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