#8A5A16#8A5A16

#8A5A16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.101 H 70.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A16
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 14.01, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 46.26, 72.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.0345 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.101 70)
XYZ	xyz(14.2834, 12.7749, 2.4725)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A16 #16468A

analogous

#8A2016 #8A5A16 #808A16

triadic

#8A5A16 #168A5A #5A168A

tetradic

#8A5A16 #168A20 #16468A #8A1680

square

#8A5A16 #168A20 #16468A #8A1680

split-complementary

#8A5A16 #16808A #20168A

monochromatic

#201505 #55380E #8A5A16 #BF7C1E #E09B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A5A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A5A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A16

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A16	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)

#6A5D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.101 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1885a',
    500: '#8a5a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a16;
$custom-light: #b1885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50878,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.12774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A16

secondary

#3E73BE

accent

#84EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A16

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

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