#8A5A25#8A5A25

#8A5A25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.093 H 65.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A25
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 37)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 14.68, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 40.30, 68.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0386 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.093 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4724, 12.8505, 3.4681)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A25 #25558A

analogous

#8A2825 #8A5A25 #888A25

triadic

#8A5A25 #258A5A #5A258A

tetradic

#8A5A25 #258A28 #25558A #8A2588

square

#8A5A25 #258A28 #25558A #8A2588

split-complementary

#8A5A25 #25888A #28258A

monochromatic

#291B0B #5A3B18 #8A5A25 #BA7932 #D29857

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A5A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A25

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A25	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.093 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08862',
    500: '#8a5a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a25;
$custom-light: #b08862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.485,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51004,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A25

secondary

#5483B7

accent

#90E147

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A25

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

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