#8A5816#8A5816

#8A5816 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.101 H 68.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5816
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 22)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(34, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 15.18, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 46.20, 70.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.0379 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.101 68)
XYZ	xyz(14.1169, 12.4420, 2.4170)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5816 #16488A

analogous

#8A1E16 #8A5816 #828A16

triadic

#8A5816 #168A58 #58168A

tetradic

#8A5816 #168A1E #16488A #8A1682

square

#8A5816 #168A1E #16488A #8A1682

split-complementary

#8A5816 #16828A #1E168A

monochromatic

#201505 #55360E #8A5816 #BF7A1E #E0993B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#8A5816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8A5816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5816

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5816	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.101 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1875a',
    500: '#8a5816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5816;
$custom-light: #b1875a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5048,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.12441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5816

secondary

#3E75BE

accent

#87EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5816

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

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