#8A5937#8A5937

#8A5937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.081 H 54.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5937
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(25, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 16.51, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 32.31, 59.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.0469 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.081 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7442, 12.8251, 5.3127)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5937 #37688A

analogous

#8A373F #8A5937 #8A8237

triadic

#8A5937 #378A59 #59378A

tetradic

#8A5937 #3F8A37 #37688A #82378A

square

#8A5937 #3F8A37 #37688A #82378A

split-complementary

#8A5937 #378A82 #373F8A

monochromatic

#322114 #5E3D26 #8A5937 #B67548 #C89674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A5937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5937

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5937	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.081 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af886e',
    500: '#8a5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5937;
$custom-light: #af886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.578,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51043,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5937

secondary

#6D95B0

accent

#9FD355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5937

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

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