#8A5915#8A5915

#8A5915 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.101 H 69.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5915
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 21)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 14.56, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 46.57, 71.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.036 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.101 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1901, 12.6035, 2.3947)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5915 #15468A

analogous

#8A1E15 #8A5915 #808A15

triadic

#8A5915 #158A59 #59158A

tetradic

#8A5915 #158A1E #15468A #8A1580

square

#8A5915 #158A1E #15468A #8A1580

split-complementary

#8A5915 #15808A #1E158A

monochromatic

#201405 #55370D #8A5915 #BF7B1D #E19A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8A5915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A5915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5915

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5915	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.101 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18859',
    500: '#8a5915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5915;
$custom-light: #b18859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.872,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50672,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5915

secondary

#3D73BE

accent

#85F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5915

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

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