#8A5A27#8A5A27

#8A5A27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.091 H 64.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A27
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 39)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 14.79, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 39.42, 67.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0392 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.091 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5047, 12.8634, 3.6380)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A27 #27578A

analogous

#8A2927 #8A5A27 #898A27

triadic

#8A5A27 #278A5A #5A278A

tetradic

#8A5A27 #278A29 #27578A #8A2789

square

#8A5A27 #278A29 #27578A #8A2789

split-complementary

#8A5A27 #27898A #29278A

monochromatic

#2B1C0C #5A3B1A #8A5A27 #BA7934 #D1975B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A5A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A27

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A27	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)

#695E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.091 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08864',
    500: '#8a5a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a27;
$custom-light: #b08864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.909,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51025,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A27

secondary

#5785B6

accent

#92DF49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A27

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

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