#8A5836#8A5836

#8A5836 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.082 H 54.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5836
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(24, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 17.01, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 32.78, 58.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.0482 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.082 54)
XYZ	xyz(14.6378, 12.6504, 5.1602)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5836 #36688A

analogous

#8A363E #8A5836 #8A8236

triadic

#8A5836 #368A58 #58368A

tetradic

#8A5836 #3E8A36 #36688A #82368A

square

#8A5836 #3E8A36 #36688A #82368A

split-complementary

#8A5836 #368A82 #363E8A

monochromatic

#322014 #5E3C25 #8A5836 #B67447 #C89572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A5836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A5836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5836

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5836	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)

#665D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.082 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af876e',
    500: '#8a5836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5836;
$custom-light: #af876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50832,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.12649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5836

secondary

#6B94B1

accent

#A0D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5836

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

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