#8A5837#8A5837

#8A5837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.081 H 53.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5837
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 17.09, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 32.35, 58.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.0486 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.081 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6615, 12.6598, 5.2851)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5837 #37698A

analogous

#8A3740 #8A5837 #8A8137

triadic

#8A5837 #378A58 #58378A

tetradic

#8A5837 #408A37 #37698A #81378A

square

#8A5837 #408A37 #37698A #81378A

split-complementary

#8A5837 #378A81 #37408A

monochromatic

#322014 #5E3C26 #8A5837 #B67448 #C89574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A5837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A5837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5837

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5837	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)

#665D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.081 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af876e',
    500: '#8a5837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5837;
$custom-light: #af876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.855,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50848,
    "c": 0.08138,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5837

secondary

#6D95B0

accent

#A1D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5837

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

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