#8A5916#8A5916

#8A5916 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.101 H 69.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5916
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 14.59, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 46.23, 71.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.0362 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.101 69)
XYZ	xyz(14.1996, 12.6073, 2.4445)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5916 #16478A

analogous

#8A1F16 #8A5916 #818A16

triadic

#8A5916 #168A59 #59168A

tetradic

#8A5916 #168A1F #16478A #8A1681

square

#8A5916 #168A1F #16478A #8A1681

split-complementary

#8A5916 #16818A #1F168A

monochromatic

#201505 #55370E #8A5916 #BF7B1E #E09A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8A5916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A5916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5916

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5916	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.101 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1885a',
    500: '#8a5916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5916;
$custom-light: #b1885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50678,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.12606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5916

secondary

#3E74BE

accent

#86EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5916

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

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