#8A5917#8A5917

#8A5917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.101 H 68.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5917
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 14.63, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 45.87, 71.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.0364 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.101 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2094, 12.6112, 2.4963)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5917 #17488A

analogous

#8A2017 #8A5917 #828A17

triadic

#8A5917 #178A59 #59178A

tetradic

#8A5917 #178A20 #17488A #8A1782

square

#8A5917 #178A20 #17488A #8A1782

split-complementary

#8A5917 #17828A #20178A

monochromatic

#211506 #56370E #8A5917 #BE7B20 #DF9A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8A5917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A5917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5917

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5917	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)

#695D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.101 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1885a',
    500: '#8a5917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5917;
$custom-light: #b1885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50685,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5917

secondary

#3F75BE

accent

#87EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5917

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

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