#8A5A20#8A5A20

#8A5A20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.096 H 67.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A20
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 32)
HSL	hsl(33, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(33, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, 14.42, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 42.42, 70.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.037 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.096 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3992, 12.8212, 3.0826)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A20 #20508A

analogous

#8A2520 #8A5A20 #858A20

triadic

#8A5A20 #208A5A #5A208A

tetradic

#8A5A20 #208A25 #20508A #8A2085

square

#8A5A20 #208A25 #20508A #8A2085

split-complementary

#8A5A20 #20858A #25208A

monochromatic

#271909 #583A14 #8A5A20 #BC7A2C #D6994E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A5A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A5A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A20

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A20	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)

#6A5E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.096 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1885f',
    500: '#8a5a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a20;
$custom-light: #b1885f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.83,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50955,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A20

secondary

#4D7EB9

accent

#8CE542

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A20

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

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