#8A5841#8A5841

#8A5841 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.075 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5841
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 65)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 18.00, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 28.29, 50.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0528 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.075 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9260, 12.7656, 6.6779)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5841 #41738A

analogous

#8A414F #8A5841 #8A7D41

triadic

#8A5841 #418A58 #58418A

tetradic

#8A5841 #4F8A41 #41738A #7D418A

square

#8A5841 #4F8A41 #41738A #7D418A

split-complementary

#8A5841 #418A7D #414F8A

monochromatic

#37231A #603D2D #8A5841 #B07458 #C49682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A5841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A5841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5841

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5841	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)

#655E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.075 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8776',
    500: '#8a5841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5841;
$custom-light: #af8776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.904,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51026,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5841

secondary

#789DAE

accent

#A9CC5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5841

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

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