#8A5840#8A5840

#8A5840 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.076 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5840
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, 17.90, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 28.67, 51.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0524 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.076 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8972, 12.7541, 6.5267)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5840 #40728A

analogous

#8A404D #8A5840 #8A7D40

triadic

#8A5840 #408A58 #58408A

tetradic

#8A5840 #4D8A40 #40728A #7D408A

square

#8A5840 #4D8A40 #40728A #7D408A

split-complementary

#8A5840 #408A7D #404D8A

monochromatic

#362319 #603D2D #8A5840 #B17456 #C49680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A5840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5840

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5840	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.076 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8775',
    500: '#8a5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5840;
$custom-light: #af8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.459,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51006,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5840

secondary

#779DAF

accent

#A8CD5B

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5840

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

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