#8A5A28#8A5A28

#8A5A28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.091 H 64.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A28
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 40)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 14.85, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 38.98, 67.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.0395 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.091 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5215, 12.8701, 3.7265)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A28 #28588A

analogous

#8A2928 #8A5A28 #898A28

triadic

#8A5A28 #288A5A #5A288A

tetradic

#8A5A28 #288A29 #28588A #8A2889

square

#8A5A28 #288A29 #28588A #8A2889

split-complementary

#8A5A28 #28898A #29288A

monochromatic

#2B1C0C #5B3B1A #8A5A28 #B97936 #D0975D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A5A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A28

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A28	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)

#695E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.091 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08864',
    500: '#8a5a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a28;
$custom-light: #b08864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51036,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A28

secondary

#5986B5

accent

#92DE49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A28

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

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