#8A5845#8A5845

#8A5845 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.073 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5845
RGB	rgb(138, 88, 69)
HSL	hsl(17, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 50%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 50%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 18.40, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 26.85, 46.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.0545 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.073 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0460, 12.8136, 7.3099)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5845 #45778A

analogous

#8A4554 #8A5845 #8A7A45

triadic

#8A5845 #458A58 #58458A

tetradic

#8A5845 #548A45 #45778A #7A458A

square

#8A5845 #548A45 #45778A #7A458A

split-complementary

#8A5845 #458A7A #45548A

monochromatic

#38241C #613E31 #8A5845 #AE745E #C39787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A5845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A5845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5845

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5845	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 88, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.073 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8779',
    500: '#8a5845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5845;
$custom-light: #af8779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51106,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5845

secondary

#7DA0AE

accent

#ACC95E

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5845

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

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