#8A5A23#8A5A23

#8A5A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.094 H 66.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A23
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 14.57, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 41.16, 69.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0379 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.094 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4419, 12.8383, 3.3072)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A23 #23538A

analogous

#8A2723 #8A5A23 #878A23

triadic

#8A5A23 #238A5A #5A238A

tetradic

#8A5A23 #238A27 #23538A #8A2387

square

#8A5A23 #238A27 #23538A #8A2387

split-complementary

#8A5A23 #23878A #27238A

monochromatic

#281A0A #593A17 #8A5A23 #BB7A2F #D49854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A23

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A23	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.094 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18861',
    500: '#8a5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a23;
$custom-light: #b18861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.039,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50983,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A23

secondary

#5181B7

accent

#8FE345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A23

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

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