#8A5A17#8A5A17

#8A5A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.100 H 69.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A17
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, 14.04, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 45.91, 72.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.0347 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.1 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2932, 12.7788, 2.5242)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A17 #17478A

analogous

#8A2117 #8A5A17 #818A17

triadic

#8A5A17 #178A5A #5A178A

tetradic

#8A5A17 #178A21 #17478A #8A1781

square

#8A5A17 #178A21 #17478A #8A1781

split-complementary

#8A5A17 #17818A #21178A

monochromatic

#211606 #56380E #8A5A17 #BE7C20 #DF9B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A5A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A5A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A17

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A17	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.100 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1885a',
    500: '#8a5a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a17;
$custom-light: #b1885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.957,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50884,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A17

secondary

#3F74BE

accent

#85EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A17

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

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