#8A591B#8A591B

#8A591B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.099 H 67.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A591B
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 14.78, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 44.38, 70.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.0374 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.099 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2526, 12.6285, 2.7236)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A591B #1B4C8A

analogous

#8A221B #8A591B #838A1B

triadic

#8A591B #1B8A59 #591B8A

tetradic

#8A591B #1B8A22 #1B4C8A #8A1B83

square

#8A591B #1B8A22 #1B4C8A #8A1B83

split-complementary

#8A591B #1B838A #221B8A

monochromatic

#241707 #573811 #8A591B #BD7A25 #DB9845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8A591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A591B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A591B	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.099 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1885c',
    500: '#8a591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a591b;
$custom-light: #b1885c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.514,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50714,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A591B

secondary

#4579BC

accent

#8AEA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A591B

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

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