#8A5A15#8A5A15

#8A5A15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.101 H 70.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A15
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 21)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 13.97, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 46.61, 72.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.0343 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.101 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2739, 12.7711, 2.4227)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A15 #15458A

analogous

#8A2015 #8A5A15 #7F8A15

triadic

#8A5A15 #158A5A #5A158A

tetradic

#8A5A15 #158A20 #15458A #8A157F

square

#8A5A15 #158A20 #15458A #8A157F

split-complementary

#8A5A15 #157F8A #20158A

monochromatic

#201505 #55370D #8A5A15 #BF7D1D #E19C39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A5A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A5A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A15

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A15	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.101 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18859',
    500: '#8a5a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a15;
$custom-light: #b18859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50871,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A15

secondary

#3D72BE

accent

#83F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A15

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

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