#8A5835#8A5835

#8A5835 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.083 H 54.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5835
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(25, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, 16.93, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 33.21, 59.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.0478 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.083 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6145, 12.6411, 5.0377)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5835 #35678A

analogous

#8A353C #8A5835 #8A8335

triadic

#8A5835 #358A58 #58358A

tetradic

#8A5835 #3C8A35 #35678A #83358A

square

#8A5835 #3C8A35 #35678A #83358A

split-complementary

#8A5835 #358A83 #353C8A

monochromatic

#322013 #5E3C24 #8A5835 #B67446 #C89571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A5835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A5835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5835

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5835	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.083 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0876d',
    500: '#8a5835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5835;
$custom-light: #b0876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50816,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5835

secondary

#6A94B1

accent

#9FD454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5835

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

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