#8A5817#8A5817

#8A5817 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.101 H 67.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5817
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 15.21, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 45.85, 70.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.0381 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.101 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1268, 12.4459, 2.4688)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5817 #17498A

analogous

#8A1E17 #8A5817 #838A17

triadic

#8A5817 #178A58 #58178A

tetradic

#8A5817 #178A1E #17498A #8A1783

square

#8A5817 #178A1E #17498A #8A1783

split-complementary

#8A5817 #17838A #1E178A

monochromatic

#211506 #56370E #8A5817 #BE7920 #DF983D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#8A5817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8A5817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5817

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5817	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)

#685C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.101 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1875a',
    500: '#8a5817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5817;
$custom-light: #b1875a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50486,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5817

secondary

#3F76BE

accent

#88EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5817

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

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