#8A5844#8A5844

#8A5844 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.073 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5844
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 68)
HSL	hsl(17, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(17, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 18.30, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 27.20, 47.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.0541 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.073 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0152, 12.8013, 7.1478)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5844 #44768A

analogous

#8A4453 #8A5844 #8A7B44

triadic

#8A5844 #448A58 #58448A

tetradic

#8A5844 #538A44 #44768A #7B448A

square

#8A5844 #538A44 #44768A #7B448A

split-complementary

#8A5844 #448A7B #44538A

monochromatic

#38241C #613E30 #8A5844 #AF745C #C39785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8A5844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A5844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5844

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5844	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.073 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8778',
    500: '#8a5844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5844;
$custom-light: #af8778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51085,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5844

secondary

#7CA0AE

accent

#ABCA5E

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5844

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

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