#8A5A26#8A5A26

#8A5A26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.092 H 65.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A26
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 38)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 14.74, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 39.86, 68.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0389 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.092 65)
XYZ	xyz(14.4883, 12.8569, 3.5519)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A26 #26568A

analogous

#8A2826 #8A5A26 #888A26

triadic

#8A5A26 #268A5A #5A268A

tetradic

#8A5A26 #268A28 #26568A #8A2688

square

#8A5A26 #268A28 #26568A #8A2688

split-complementary

#8A5A26 #26888A #28268A

monochromatic

#2A1B0C #5A3B19 #8A5A26 #BA7933 #D19859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A5A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A26

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A26	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)

#695E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.092 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08863',
    500: '#8a5a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a26;
$custom-light: #b08863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51014,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.12856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A26

secondary

#5684B6

accent

#91E048

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A26

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

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