#8A5935#8A5935

#8A5935 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.082 H 56.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5935
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(25, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 16.34, 28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 33.18, 60.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0461 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.082 56)
XYZ	xyz(14.6972, 12.8064, 5.0653)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5935 #35668A

analogous

#8A353B #8A5935 #8A8435

triadic

#8A5935 #358A59 #59358A

tetradic

#8A5935 #3B8A35 #35668A #84358A

square

#8A5935 #3B8A35 #35668A #84358A

split-complementary

#8A5935 #358A84 #353B8A

monochromatic

#322013 #5E3C24 #8A5935 #B67646 #C89671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8A5935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A5935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5935

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5935	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.082 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af886d',
    500: '#8a5935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5935;
$custom-light: #af886d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.412,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51012,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.12805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5935

secondary

#6A93B1

accent

#9ED454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5935

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

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